Performance measures for locomotion robots

Journal of Robotic Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-147

  Van Den Doel, Kees ^a   Pai, Dinesh K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

PLANAR LOCOMOTION ROBOT;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0031075516     PISSN: 07412223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4563(199702)14:2<135::AID-ROB7>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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