A method to generate stable, collision free configurations for tensegrity based robots

2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3769-3774

  Juan, Sergi Hernàndez ^a   Mirats Tur, Josep M ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCE OF FORCE; DETECT AND AVOID; ENERGETIC EFFICIENCY; FORM-FINDING; FUNDAMENTAL TOOLS; INTERNAL COLLISION; LIGHT WEIGHT; PATH-PLANNING; RESEARCH FIELDS; RIGID ELEMENTS; SCIENCE COMMUNITY; TENSEGRITIES; TENSEGRITY STRUCTURE; TENSILE ELEMENTS;

BIOLOGY; CIVIL ENGINEERING;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 69549101983     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2008.4650881     Document Type: Conference Paper

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