Design and control of a four-wheeled omnidirectional mobile robot with steerable omnidirectional wheels

Journal of Robotic Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 193-208

  Song, Jae Bok ^a   Byun, Kyung Seok ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; MOTION CONTROL; STEERING; SYSTEM STABILITY; VELOCITY;

CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION; OMNIDIRECTIONAL MOBILE ROBOT WITH STEERABLE OMNIDIRECTIONAL WHEELS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 1842453980     PISSN: 07412223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.20009     Document Type: Article

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