Design and development of the long-jumping "grillo" mini robot

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 467-472

  Scarfogliero, Umberto ^a   Stefanini, Cesare ^b   Dario, Paolo ^a,b  

^a IMT SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DC GENERATOR MOTORS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCOMOTIVES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ACTUATION POWERING; ENERGY SYSTEMS; LONGJUMPING ROBOTS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 36349011938     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363830     Document Type: Conference Paper

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