A study on a wheel-based stair-climbing robot with a hopping mechanism

Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1316-1326

  Kikuchi, Koki ^a   Sakaguchi, Keisuke ^a   Sudo, Takayuki ^a   Bushida, Naoki ^a   Chiba, Yasuhiro ^a   Asai, Yuji ^a  

^a CHIBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hopping; Soft landing; Stair climbing; Vibrations; Wheel based robot

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

CONTROL PARAMETERS; LEAP OVER OBSTACLES; WHEEL-BASED ROBOT;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 44549086514     PISSN: 08883270     EISSN: 10961216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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