The Wheeleg Robot

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 33-43

  Guccione, Salvatore ^a   Muscato, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computing architectures; Field robotics; Hybrid robots; Real time control; Walking robot

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING ARCHITECTURES; FIELD ROBOTICS; HYBRID ROBOTS; REAL-TIME CONTROL; WALKING ROBOTS; WHEELED ROBOTS;

ADHESION; BIPED LOCOMOTION; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HIGH PRESSURE TURBOMACHINERY; KINEMATICS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MACHINE DESIGN; MICROACTUATORS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROXIMITY SENSORS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0346685931     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2003.1256296     Document Type: Review

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