Design of a free piston pneumatic compressor as a mobile robot power supply

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 235-240

  Riofrio, Jose A ^a   Barth, Eric J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; FREE PISTON COMPRESSORS; KINETIC ENERGY; PNEUMATIC CONTROL; PNEUMATIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT;

GAS COMBUSTION; PNEUMATIC COMPRESSOR; PNEUMATIC POWER SUPPLY; THERMAL ENERGY;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 33846160206     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570125     Document Type: Conference Paper

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