Dynamic modeling and simulation of a wheeled mobile robot for traversing uneven terrain without slip

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 901-909

  Chakraborty, Nilanjan ^a   Ghosal, Ashitava ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; INVERSE KINEMATICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LINEAR ALGEBRA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOBILE ROBOTS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

SLIP-FREE MOTION; UNEVEN TERRAIN; WHEELED MOBILE ROBOT;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 24344505067     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1867503     Document Type: Article

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