A cockroach inspired robot with artificial muscles

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1837-1842

  Kingsley, Daniel A ^a   Quinn, Roger D ^a   Ritzmann, Roy E ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MOBILE ROBOTS; MOTION PLANNING;

ACTUATION DEVICES; AGILE WALKING; FORCE TO WEIGHT RATIO; NEUROMECHANICS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 34250652024     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2006.282229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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