Dynamics simulation and controller interfacing for legged robots

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 42-58

  Reichler, Jesse A ^a   Delcomyn, Fred ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; TREES (MATHEMATICS); USER INTERFACES;

MULTIBODY ARTICULATED MOBILE ROBOTS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0033879116     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02783640022066734     Document Type: Article

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