A multilegged modular robot that meanders: Investigation of turning maneuvers using its inherent dynamic characteristics

SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 348-377

  Aoi, Shinya ^a   Sasaki, Hitoshi ^a   Tsuchiya, Kazuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Floquet analysis; Hopf bifurcation; Maneuverability; Meandering walk; Multilegged modular robot; Turning maneuvers

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); FORCE MEASUREMENT; MODULAR ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; TURNING;

DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; DYNAMIC FEATURES; DYNAMIC PROPERTIES; FLOQUET ANALYSIS; MEANDERING WALK; MULTILEGGED MODULAR ROBOT; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; ROTARY JOINTS;

HOPF BIFURCATION;

EID: 34547203264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15360040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/060664756     Document Type: Article

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