AmphiBot I: An amphibious snake-like robot

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 163-175

  Crespi, Alessandro ^a   Badertscher, André ^a   Guignard, André ^a   Ijspeert, Auke Jan ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amphibious snake robot; AmphiBot I; Central pattern generator; Crawling; Oscillator

Indexed keywords

CONTROL EQUIPMENT; FREQUENCIES; FRICTION; INSPECTION; OPTIMIZATION; OSCILLATIONS; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL);

AMPHIBIOUS SNAKE ROBOTS; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATORS; CRAWLING; FLOODED ZONES;

ROBOTS;

EID: 13944284588     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2004.09.015     Document Type: Article

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