A holonomic omnidirectional vehicle with a reconfigurable footprint mechanism and its application to wheelchairs

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 1, Issue , 1998, Pages 774-780

  Wada, M ^a   Asada, H H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROBOTICS; WHEELCHAIRS; WHEELS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; SERVOMOTORS;

CONTROL DESIGN; HOLONOMIC OMNIDIRECTIONAL VEHICLES; ITS APPLICATIONS; OMNI-DIRECTIONAL MOTION; OMNIDIRECTIONAL VEHICLES; PROTOTYPE VEHICLES; RECONFIGURABLE; VEHICLE STABILITY;

VEHICLES; ROBOTICS;

HOLONOMIC OMNIDIRECTIONAL VEHICLE; RECONFIGURABLE FOOTPRINT MECHANISM;

EID: 0031624793     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.1998.677071     Document Type: Conference Paper

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