Development of a creeping locomotion snake robot

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 146-153

  Ma, S ^a,b   Araya, H ^a   Li, L ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

Creeping locomotion; Environment adaptability; Optimal locomotion shape; Snake; Snake like robot

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; FRICTION; LOADS (FORCES); MOTION CONTROL; MOTION PLANNING; SENSORS; UNIVERSAL JOINTS;

CREEPING LOCOMOTION SNAKE ROBOT; ENVIRONMENT ADAPTABILITY; OPTIMAL LOCOMOTION SHAPE;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 3342990863     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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