Improving walking-robot performances by optimizing leg distribution

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 247-258

  Gonzalez De Santos, P ^a   Garcia, E ^a   Estremera, J ^a  

^a Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Legged locomotion; Mobile robots; Optimization methods

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MOTION PLANNING; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOT PROGRAMMING;

LEGGED LOCOMOTION; OPTIMIZATION METHODS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 34848840349     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10514-007-9045-8     Document Type: Article

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