Design and development of a Legged rat robot for studying animal-robot interaction

Proceedings of the First IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2006, BioRob 2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 631-636

  Laschi, Cecilia ^a   Mazzolai, Barbara ^a   Patanè, Francesco ^a   Mattoli, Virgilio ^a   Dario, Paolo ^a   Ishii, Hiroyuki ^b   Ogura, Motonori ^b   Kurisu, Shunji ^b   Komura, Atsushi ^b   Takanishi, Atsuo ^b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal robot interaction; Bioinspired robotics; Biorobotics; Legged robot; Rat robot

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; MICROMANIPULATORS; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

ANIMAL-ROBOT INTERACTION; BIOINSPIRED ROBOTICS; BIOROBOTICS; LEGGED ROBOTS; RAT ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33845574354     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIOROB.2006.1639160     Document Type: Conference Paper

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