Mechanized cockroach footpaths enable cockroach-like mobility

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2004, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 2871-2876

  Boggess, Matthew J ^a   Schroer, Robert T ^a   Quinn, Roger D ^a   Ritzmann, Roy E ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPED LOCOMOTION; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DATA REDUCTION; DC MOTORS; DECELERATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GAIT ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION ESTIMATION; POWER TRANSMISSION;

COAXIAL LEGS; COCKROACH LOCOMOTION; LOCOMOTIVE TASKS; PLANE FOOTPATHS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 3042534728     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/robot.2004.1307496     Document Type: Conference Paper

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