Terrain-evaluation-based motion planning for legged locomotion on irregular terrain

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 761-778

  Low, K H ^a   Bai, Shaoping ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Artificial potential field; Free gait; Path planning; Terrain evaluation; Walking machine

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALGORITHMS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOTION CONTROL; MOTION PLANNING; SERVOMOTORS;

ARTIFICIAL POTENTIAL FIELD; FREE GAIT; LEGGED LOCOMOTION; TERRAIN EVALUATION; WALKING MACHINE;

ROBOTS;

EID: 0142027976     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855303322395190     Document Type: Article

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