A miniature 7g jumping robot

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 373-378

  Kovač, Mirko ^a   Fuchs, Martin ^a   Guignard, André ^a   Zufferey, Jean Christophe ^a   Floreano, Dario ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; ROBOTICS;

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; JUMPING ROBOTS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 51649129320     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543236     Document Type: Conference Paper

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