Uneven terrain negotiable mobile platform with passively adaptive double tracks and its application to rescue missions

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 459-475

  Cho, Changhyun ^a,b   Lee, Woosub ^a   Kang, Sungchul ^a   Kim, Munsang ^a   Song, Jae Bok ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Double track mechanism; Passive adaptation; Rescue robot; Stair climbing; Teleoperation

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MAPPING; MOBILE ROBOTS; REMOTE CONTROL;

DOUBLE-TRACK MECHANISM; PASSIVE ADAPTATION; RESCUE ROBOTS; STAIR CLIMBING; TELEOPERATIONS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 18844459653     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568553053662564     Document Type: Article

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