Rapid maneuvering of a biologically inspired hexapedal robot

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Dynamic Systems and Control Division (Publication) DSC

Volumn 73, Issue 2 PART B, 2004, Pages 1195-1202

  McClung, Arthur J ^a   Cutkosky, Mark R ^a   Cham, Jorge G ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; MANEUVERABILITY; NAVIGATION; ROTATION; SENSORS; WHEELS;

AGILE MANEUVERING; HEXAPEDAL ROBOTS; HEXAPODS; SPRAWL ROBOTS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 19644376961     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2004-61150     Document Type: Conference Paper

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