Templates and anchors for antenna-based wall following in cockroaches and robots

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 130-143

  Lee, Jusuk ^a   Sponberg, Simon N ^b   Loh, Owen Y ^c   Lamperski, Andrew G ^d   Full, Robert J ^b   Cowan, Noah J ^a  

^a Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio inspiration; Biological system modeling; Biomimicry; Insect antenna; Legged locomotion; Wall following

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; BIOMIMETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

BIOMIMICRY; INSECT ANTENNA; LEGGED LOCOMOTION; WALL FOLLOWING;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 40949121116     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2007.913981     Document Type: Article

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