The latest generation Whegs™ robot features a passive-compliant body joint

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1636-1641

  Boxerbaum, Alexander S ^a   Oro, Julio ^a   Peterson, Gilbert ^b   Quinn, Roger D ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b Air Force Institute of Technology

Author keywords

Biologically inspired robotics; Legged vehicles; Reduced actuation; Robotic simulation; Search and rescue robots

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICALLY-INSPIRED ROBOTICS; LEGGED VEHICLES; REDUCED ACTUATION; ROBOTIC SIMULATION; SEARCH AND RESCUE ROBOTS;

AUTOMOBILE BODIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 69549120348     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2008.4650997     Document Type: Conference Paper

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