Approximating kinematics for tracked mobile robots

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 867-878

  Martinez J L ^a   Mandow, A ^a   Morales, J ^a   Pedraza, S ^a   Garcia Cerezo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dynamics simulation; Kinematic control; Mobile robotics; Parameter identification; Tracked vehicles

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION CONTROL; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

DYNAMICS SIMULATION; KINEMATIC CONTROL; TRACKED VEHICLES;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 27144439222     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364905058239     Document Type: Article

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