Gait and foot trajectory planning for versatile motions of a six-legged robot

Journal of Robotic Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-133

  Yoneda, Kan ^a   Suzuki, Kenji ^b   Kanayama, Yutaka ^c   Takahashi, Hidetoshi ^d   Akizono, Junichi ^d  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^c The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^d Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONTACT SENSORS; MOTION CONTROL; MOTION PLANNING; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

CRAB ANGLE; DUTY FACTOR; FOOT TRAJECTORY; RADIALLY SYMMETRIC SIX LEGGED WALKER; TACTILE SENSORS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0031079156     PISSN: 07412223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4563(199702)14:2<121::AID-ROB6>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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