Design and experiment of a novel link-type shape shifting modular robot series

2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 318-323

  Jinguo, Liu ^a,c   Shugen, Ma ^a,b   Zhenli, Lu ^a,c,d   Yuechao, Wang ^a   Bin, Li ^a   Jing, Wang ^a,c  

^a SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d SHENYANG LIGONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPED LOCOMOTION; DEBRIS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PRODUCT DESIGN; ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STAIRS; VEHICLES;

ADAPTABILITY; PITCH JOINTS; PLANETARY EXPLORATION;

MODULAR ROBOTS;

EID: 33947698327     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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