Experimental analysis and implementation of redundant thrusters for underwater robots

2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1109-1114

  Hanai, A ^a   Rosa, K ^a   Choi, S K ^a   Yuh, J ^b  

^a Marine Autonomous Systems Engineering Inc   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALGORITHMS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOTION CONTROL; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; VECTORS;

MARINE THRUSTERS; THRUSTER AMPLIFIERS; UNDERWATER ROBOTS; VEHICLE DYNAMICS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 14044268855     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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