Curvature based point stabilization for compliant framed wheeled modular mobile robots

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 83-89

  Albiston, Brian W ^a   Minor, Mark A ^a  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; MODULAR ROBOTS; MOTION PLANNING; ROBOTICS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STEERING; SYSTEM STABILITY; TRACTION (FRICTION); VEHICLE WHEELS;

COMPLIANT FRAMED WHEELED MODULAR MOBILE ROBOTS; COORDINATED CONTROL; CURVATURE BASED POINT STABILIZATION; EQUIVALENT CURVATURE BASED MODEL; POSTURE STABILIZATION; STEERING CAPACITY; TIME INVARIANT CONTROL LAW; TRACTION FORCES;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0344444849     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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