On the gait control of a six-legged walking machine

International Journal of Systems Science

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 713-721

  Alexandre, Paul ^a   Preumont, AndrÉ ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MOTION CONTROL; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; POSITION CONTROL; ROBOTICS; STATE ESTIMATION; SYSTEM STABILITY;

ARBITRARY VELOCITY VECTOR; FREE GAIT ALGORITHM; LEG PHASE STATE; SIX LEGGED WALKING MACHINE;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0030213447     PISSN: 00207721     EISSN: 14645319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207729608929271     Document Type: Article

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