Posture Control of a Cockroach-Like Robot

IEEE Control Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 9-14

  Nelson, Gabriel M ^a   Quinn, Roger D ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MOTION CONTROL; MOTION PLANNING; POSITION CONTROL; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBOTICS; VECTORS;

COCKROACH-LIKE ROBOTS; MULTILEGGED SYSTEMS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0033115053     PISSN: 1066033X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/37.753930     Document Type: Article

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