Locomotion controller for a crab-like robot

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 1, Issue , 1998, Pages 152-156

  Flannigan, W C ^a   Nelson, G M ^a   Quinn, R D ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLERS; LANDFORMS; ROBOTICS; SHELLFISH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOTION CONTROL;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS; CRAB-LIKE ROBOT; DEMINING ROBOTS; IRREGULAR TERRAIN; LOCOMOTION CONTROLLERS; MECHANISM-BASED; ROUGH TERRAIN NAVIGATIONS; TERRAIN MAPPING;

ROBOTS; MOBILE ROBOTS;

GAIT CONTROL;

EID: 0031637124     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.1998.676345     Document Type: Conference Paper

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