A piezo-sensor-based "Smart tire" system for mobile robots and vehicles

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-103

  Yi, Jingang ^a  

^a UTC Aerospace Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformation; Friction estimation; Mobile robot; Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF); Tire road friction

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; DEFORMATION; FRICTION; MOBILE ROBOTS; TIRES; VEHICLES; VINYL RESINS;

FRICTION ESTIMATION; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

SMART SENSORS;

EID: 40849116279     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2007.915064     Document Type: Article

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