Development of a Peristaltic Crawling Robot Based on Earthworm Locomotion

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-304

  Nakamura, Taro ^a   Kato, Takashi ^a   Iwanaga, Tomohide ^a   Muranaka, Yoichi ^a  

^a CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

earthworm; locomotion Pattern; peristaltic crawling; robot

Indexed keywords

FRICTION;

CRAWLING ROBOTS; EARTHWORM; EXPLORATION ROBOTS; FRICTION FORCE; FRICTION NUMBER; LOCOMOTION PATTERNS; LONGITUDINAL WAVES; PERISTALTIC CRAWLING; RESCUE ROBOT; WAVE PERIOD;

ROBOTS;

EID: 51649104811     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2006.p0299     Document Type: Article

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