A novel modular climbing caterpillar using low-frequency vibrating passive suckers

IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Zhang, H X ^a,b   Gonzalez Gomez J ^c   Chen, S Y ^a,b,d   Wang, W ^e   Liu, R ^e   Li, D ^e   Zhang, J W ^b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHATRONICS;

BASIC FUNCTIONS; CONTROL MODEL; LATERAL MOVEMENT; LINEAR MOVEMENTS; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; RHYTHMIC MOTION; ROLLING MOVEMENT; TWO-DIMENSION;

INTELLIGENT MECHATRONICS;

EID: 48749109916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AIM.2007.4412523     Document Type: Conference Paper

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