Development of a novel crawler mechanism with polymorphic locomotion

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 421-440

  Lan, Guangping ^a   Ma, Shugen ^b   Inoue, Kousuke ^a   Hamamatsu, Yoshio ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

LOCOMOTION MODE; MECHANICAL DESIGN; MOBILE MECHANISM; MOBILITY; TRACK TYPE VEHICLE

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; GEARS; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

LOCOMOTION MODES; MECHANICAL DESIGN; MOBILE MECHANISM; TRACK TYPE VEHICLES;

ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

EID: 33847709416     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855307780132045     Document Type: Article

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