Intelligent control of an experimental articulated leg for a galloping machine

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 3821-3827

  Palmer, Luther R ^a   Orin, David E ^a   Marhefka, Duane W ^a   Schmiedeler, James P ^b   Waldron, Kenneth J ^c  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY CONTROL; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; MOTION CONTROL; SYSTEM STABILITY;

ARTICULATED LEG; GALLOPING MACHINE; HIGH SPEED GALLOPING QUADRUPED;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0344896650     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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