Insect Walking and Robotics

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue , 2004, Pages 51-70

  Delcomyn, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomimetic robot; Biorobotics; Coordination; Hexapod robot; Locomotion; Sensory feedback

Indexed keywords

ENTOMOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; ROBOTICS;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; INSECT; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; INSECTS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROSCIENCES; ROBOTICS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 1042268216     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.49.061802.123257     Document Type: Review

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