Multimode locomotion via superbot robots

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 2552-2557

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

^a NONE

Author keywords

Modular robots; Self reconfigurable and multifunctional robots; Space robots

Indexed keywords

BIPED LOCOMOTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MODULAR ROBOTS; SPEED CONTROL; WALKING AIDS;

SELF-RECONFIGURABLE AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL ROBOTS; SPACE ROBOTS; SUPERBOT ROBOTS; TURNING-ABILITY;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33845619966     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1642086     Document Type: Conference Paper

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