Minimal power control of a miniature climbing robot

IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 616-621

  Xiao, Jizhong ^a   Xiao, Jun ^b   Xi, Ning ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cities and towns; Climbing robots; Control systems; Energy consumption; Foot; Leg; Legged locomotion; Optimal control; Power control; USA Councils

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL THEORY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INTELLIGENT MECHATRONICS; ROBOTS;

CITIES AND TOWNS; CLIMBING ROBOTS; FOOT; LEG; LEGGED LOCOMOTION; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; USA COUNCILS;

POWER CONTROL;

EID: 27744516979     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AIM.2003.1225165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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