Hydrostatic robot for marine applications

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 103-113

  Vaidyanathan, Ravi ^a   Chiel, Hillel J ^b   Quinn, Roger D ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; MARINE APPLICATIONS; MOTION PLANNING; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

THREE-SEGMENT HYDROSTATIC ROBOTS; UNDERWATER LOCOMOTIONS; WORM-LIKE ROBOTS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0033895676     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(99)00067-6     Document Type: Article

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