An analysis of rollover stability measurement for high-speed mobile robots

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 3711-3716

  Peters, Steven C ^a   Iagnemma, Karl ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobile robots; Navigation; Rollover; Sensing; Stability

Indexed keywords

CENTER OF GRAVITY; ROLLOVER STABILITY MEASUREMENT; WHEEL DYNAMICS;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PASSENGER CARS; SENSORS; SPEED; SYSTEM STABILITY; VEHICLE WHEELS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 33845658329     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1642269     Document Type: Conference Paper

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