A leg configuration measurement system for full-body pose estimates in a hexapod robot

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 411-422

  Lin, Pei Chun ^a   Komsuoglu, Haldun ^a   Koditschek, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Body pose estimation; Hexapod robot; Leg configuration sensor; Legged locomotion sensing; Legged odometry; Robot proprioception; Strain based sensor

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION ESTIMATION; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

BODY POSE ESTIMATION; HEXAPOD ROBOT; LEG CONFIGURATION SENSOR; LEGGED LOCOMOTION SENSING; LEGGED ODOMETRY; ROBOT PROPRIOCEPTION; STRAIN BASED SENSOR;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 20844437387     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2004.840898     Document Type: Article

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