Analysis of tipover stability for novel shape shifting modular robot

Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering (English Edition)

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-186

  Liu, Jinguo ^a   Wang, Yuechao ^a   Ma, Shugen ^b   Li, Bin ^a  

^a SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Reconfigurable modular robot; Shape shifting robot; Stability pyramid; Tipover stability index; Unstructured environment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TRACKING (POSITION);

RECONFIGURABLE MODULAR ROBOT; SHAPE SHIFTING ROBOT; STABILITY PYRAMID; TIPOVER STABILITY INDEX; UNSTRUCTURED ENVIRONMENT;

MODULAR ROBOTS;

EID: 33746492910     PISSN: 10009345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3901/cjme.2006.02.181     Document Type: Article

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