Development of arm equipped single wheel rover: Effective arm-posture-based steering method

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 215-229

  Motomura, Kazuhiro ^a   Kawakami, Atsushi ^a   Hirose, Shigeo ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arm equipped single wheel rover; Effective steering method; Planetary rover; SMC Rover; Super Mechano Colony; Uni Rover

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FRICTION; MANIPULATORS; MOBILE ROBOTS; STEERING; TRAJECTORIES; WHEELS;

ARM EQUIPPED SINGLE WHEEL ROVER; EFFECTIVE STEERING METHOD; PLANETARY ROVER; SMC ROVER; SUPER-MECHANO-COLONY; UNI-ROVER;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 17444432650     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10514-005-0727-9     Document Type: Article

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