A four-legged robot based on GZ-I modules

2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 921-926

  Li, Yong ^a   Zhang, Houxiang ^b   Chen, Shengyong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Four legged robot; GZ I module; Locomotion; Modular robots

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; MODULAR ROBOTS; ROBOTICS;

CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; DIGITALLY CONTROLLED; FOUR-LEGGED ROBOT; GZ-I MODULE; ROBOT MOVEMENTS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 70349183437     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBIO.2009.4913122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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