A mobile robot with autonomous climbing and descending of stairs

Robotica

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-188

  Ben Tzvi, Pinhas ^a   Ito, Shingo ^a   Goldenberg, Andrew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomous systems; Control of robotic systems; Design of mechatronic systems; Mobile robots; Teleoperation

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS CLIMBING; AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS; EMBEDDED INTELLIGENCE; FUNCTIONAL ATTRIBUTE; HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENT; MOBILE ROBOT DESIGN; RE-CONFIGURABLE; TECHNICAL PROBLEM; TELEOPERATION; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

MECHATRONICS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; MOBILE ROBOTS; NAVIGATION; REMOTE CONTROL; ROBOTICS; STAIRS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 67651173192     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: 14698668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574708004426     Document Type: Article

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