Architectures for a biomimetic hexapod robot

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-15

  Delcomyn, Fred ^a   Nelson, Mark E ^a,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

ACTUATORS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FEEDBACK CONTROL; MOTION PLANNING; ROBOTICS;

BIOMIMETIC HEXAPOD ROBOTS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0033887617     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(99)00062-7     Document Type: Article

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