Dynamical wall following for a wheeled robot using a passive tactile sensor

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 3838-3843

  Lamperski, Andrew G ^a   Loh, Owen Y ^a   Kutscher, Brett L ^a   Cowan, Noah J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE CONTACT SENSORS; DYNAMIC WHEELED ROBOTS; ROBOT SYSTEM PARAMETERS; TACTILE ANTENNA FEEDBACK;

ANTENNAS; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; GAIN CONTROL; POTENTIOMETERS (ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS); SENSORS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 33744919927     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570706     Document Type: Conference Paper

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