Kinematics, dynamics and control of a hybrid robot Wheeleg

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 161-180

  Lacagnina, Michele ^a   Muscato, Giovanni ^a   Sinatra, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Design; Dynamics and control; Hybrid robot

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DYNAMICS EQUATIONS;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0344011622     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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