Snake-like robot for rescue operations - Proposal of a simple adaptive mechanism designed for ease of use

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 771-785

  Ito, Kazuyuki ^a   Murai, Ryouichi ^a  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ease of use; Passive mechanism; Rescue robot; Snake like robot

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

(PL) PROPERTIES; ADAPTIVE MECHANISMS; EASE-OF-USE; MECHANICAL DESIGNS; REAL WORLD; RESCUE OPERATIONS; RESCUE ROBOTS; SNAKE LIKE ROBOT (SNAKEBOT);

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 46249116253     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855308X305326     Document Type: Article

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