A control architecture for quadruped locomotion over rough terrain

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 811-818

  Kolter, J Zico ^a   Rodgers, Mike P ^a   Ng, Andrew Y ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; ROBOTICS; TRAJECTORIES;

CENTER-OF-GRAVITY; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; ROUGH TERRAINS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 51649114114     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543305     Document Type: Conference Paper

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