Optimal tripod turning gait generation for hexapod walking machines

Robotica

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 639-649

  Miao, S ^a   Howard, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MOTION CONTROL; MOTION PLANNING; OPTIMIZATION;

HEXAPOD WALKING MACHINES;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0034317973     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574700002642     Document Type: Article

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