Multimode locomotion via SuperBot reconfigurable robots

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-177

  Shen, Wei Min ^a   Krivokon, Maks ^a   Chiu, Harris ^a,b,c   Everist, Jacob ^a   Rubenstein, Michael ^a,d   Venkatesh, Jagadesh ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Information Science Institute   (United States)

^d Polymorphic Robotics Laboratory

Author keywords

Modular; Multifunctional and Self reconfigurable robots; Multimode gaits; Space robots

Indexed keywords

MODULAR; MULTIFUNCTIONAL AND SELF-RECONFIGURABLE ROBOTS; MULTIMODE GAITS; SPACE ROBOTS;

ASTRONOMY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INSPECTION; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 33646433734     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10514-006-6475-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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