Design, simulations and optimization of a tracked mobile robot manipulator with hybrid locomotion and manipulation capabilities

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2307-2312

  Ben Tzvi, Pinhas ^b   Goldenberg, Andrew A ^a,b   Zu, Jean W ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic simulations; Hybrid mechanism design; Mobile robot manipulator; Virtual prototyping

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MANIPULATORS; MOBILE ROBOTS; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS ENGINEERING; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS;

DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; HYBRID MECHANISM DESIGN; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MOBILE ROBOT MANIPULATOR; VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 51649093345     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543558     Document Type: Conference Paper

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