Multi-sensor Referenced Gait Control of a Miniature Climbing Robot

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 3656-3661

  Xiao, Jizhong ^a   Xi, Ning ^b   Xiao, Jun ^c   Tan, Jindong ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIT ANALYSIS; HARDWARE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MOTION PLANNING; SENSOR DATA FUSION;

FINITE STATE MACHINES; GAIT CONTROL; MINIATURE CLIMBING ROBOTS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 0347409266     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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