Optimal force distribution in multilegged vehicles

Robotica

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-172

  Chen, Jeng Shi ^a   Cheng, Fan Tien ^a   Yang, Kai Tarng ^a   Kung, Fan Chu ^a   Sun, York Yih ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; FORCE CONTROL; FRICTION; FUNCTIONS; KINEMATICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; SENSORS; VECTORS;

COMPACT QP METHOD; FORCE DISTRIBUTION; FORCE SENSOR; LEG CONTACT FORCES; MULTILEGGED VEHICLE;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0032625235     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574799000946     Document Type: Article

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