Development of a low-cost flexible modular robot GZ-I

IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 223-228

  Zhang, Houxiang ^a   Gonzalez Gomez, Juan ^b   Xie, Zhizhu ^c   Cheng, Sheng ^c   Zhang, Jianwei ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Electric controller; Mechanical structure; Modular robot

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRIC MACHINERY; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; MECHATRONICS; MODULAR ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

DESIGN PRINCIPLES; DIFFERENT MODES; ELECTRIC CONTROLLER; FUTURE WORK; INTELLIGENT MECHATRONICS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LEGGED ROBOTS; MECHANICAL STRUCTURE; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; MODULAR ROBOT; PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENTS; ROTATIONAL DEGREE OF FREEDOM; SNAKE-LIKE ROBOT; TWO DIMENSIONS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 52449101423     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AIM.2008.4601663     Document Type: Conference Paper

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