Posture control of a cockroach-like robot

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 1, Issue , 1998, Pages 157-162

  Nelson, G M ^a   Quinn, R D ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; ALGORITHMS; MOTION CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; REDUNDANCY;

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; LOCOMOTION CONTROLLERS; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH; POSTURE CONTROL; REDUNDANT KINEMATICS; STATIC POSTURES; VIRTUAL MODELING;

CONTROLLERS; MOBILE ROBOTS;

POSTURE CONTROL; VIRTUAL MODEL CONTROL;

EID: 0031635437     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.1998.676348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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