Torque distribution in a six-legged robot

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 179-186

  Erden, Mustafa Suphi ^a   Leblebicioǧlu, Kemal ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Force distribution; Legged locomotion; Robot dynamics; Six legged robot; Torque distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ROBOTICS; TORQUE MEASUREMENT;

FORCE DISTRIBUTION; LEGGED LOCOMOTION; ROBOT DYNAMICS; SIX-LEGGED ROBOT; TORQUE DISTRIBUTION;

ROBOTS;

EID: 33947384921     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2006.886276     Document Type: Article

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