Comparing cockroach and whegs robot body motions

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2004, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 3288-3293

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

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXLES; BIPED LOCOMOTION; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; DC MOTORS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FEEDBACK CONTROL; FORCE MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCIES; MOBILE ROBOTS; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); PROBLEM SOLVING; TESTING;

BIOROBOTICCS; HIGH SPEED VIDEO ANALYSIS; LEGGED ROBOTS; MOTION PATTERNS;

MOTION ESTIMATION;

EID: 3042696188     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/robot.2004.1308761     Document Type: Conference Paper

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