Analysis and design of a novel power supply for mobile robots

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2004, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 4911-4917

  Raade, J W ^a   Kazerooni, H ^a   McGee, T G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic power; Free piston; Mobile robotics; Monopropellant; Ragone plot

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; FREE PISTON ENGINES; GASOLINE; HYDRAULICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROPELLANTS;

ANAEROBIC POWER; FREE PISTON; MOBILE ROBOTICS; MONOPROPELLANT; RAGONE PLOT;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 3042640901     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/robot.2004.1302496     Document Type: Conference Paper

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