A novel water running robot inspired by basilisk lizards

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 5430-5436

  Floyd, Steven ^a   Keegan, Terence ^a   Palmisano, John ^a   Sitti, Metin ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilisk lizard; Biomimetics; Legged robots; Walking on water

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MOBILE ROBOTS; MOTION CONTROL;

BASILISK LIZARD; LEGGED ROBOTS; QUADRUPEDAL ROBOTS; WALKING ON WATER;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 34250612322     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2006.282111     Document Type: Conference Paper

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