A new legged-robot configuration for research in force distribution

Mechatronics

Volumn 13, Issue 8-9 SPEC., 2003, Pages 907-932

  Galvez, Jose A ^a   Estremera, Joaquin ^a   De Santos, Pablo Gonzalez ^a  

^a Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Force control; Force distribution; Legged locomotion; Robotics

Indexed keywords

END EFFECTORS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; SENSORS;

LEGGED LOCOMOTION;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0038010295     PISSN: 09574158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-4158(03)00008-4     Document Type: Article

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