Design and modelling of a snake robot in traveling wave locomotion

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1632-1642

  Chen, Li ^a   Ma, Shugen ^b   Wang, Yuechao ^b   Li, Bin ^b   Duan, Dengping ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Body shape control; Dynamics; Environment constraints; Kinematics; Snake robot; Traveling wave locomotion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTIVES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

BODY SHAPE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENT CONSTRAINTS; SNAKE ROBOT; TRAVELING WAVE LOCOMOTION;

ROBOTS;

EID: 35348999512     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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