Double-track mobile robot for hazardous environment applications

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 447-459

  Lee, Cheong Hee ^a   Kim, Soo Hyun ^a   Kang, Sung Chul ^b   Kim, Mun Sang ^b   Kwak, Yoon Keun ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Friction coefficient range; Link structure; Mobile robot; Passive rotational mechanism; Stair climbing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; FRICTION; MICROCONTROLLERS; MOTION PLANNING; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; REMOTE CONTROL; ROTATION;

DOUBLE-TRACK MOBILE ROBOT; FRICTION COEFFICIENT RANGE; LINK STRUCTURE; PASSIVE ROTATIONAL MECHANISM; STAIR CLIMBING;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0037927764     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685530360663436     Document Type: Article

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