Realization of a modular reconfigurable robot for rough terrain

2006 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 289-294

  Zong, Guanghua ^a   Deng, Zhicheng ^a   Wang, Wei ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Active spherical joint; Modular robots; Reconfiguration; Robot architectures

Indexed keywords

BIPED LOCOMOTION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DOCKING; MOBILE ROBOTS; OPTIMIZATION;

COMMUNICATION DEVICES; RECONFIGURABLE ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; ROUGH TERRAIN;

MODULAR ROBOTS;

EID: 34247267117     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMA.2006.257529     Document Type: Conference Paper

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