A robotic catapult based on the closed elastica with a high stiffness endpoint and its application to swimming tasks

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1477-1482

  Yamada, Atsushi ^a   Watari, Masamitsu ^c   Mochiyama, Hiromi ^b   Fujimoto, Hideo ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC ENERGY; ELASTIC STRIPS; ELASTICA; FREE JOINTS; HIGH STIFFNESS; IMPULSIVE MOTION; ROBOTIC ELEMENTS; SNAP-THROUGH BUCKLING; SWIMMING ROBOT;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; STIFFNESS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 69549118825     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2008.4651115     Document Type: Conference Paper

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