Optimal morphology of a biologically-inspired whisker array on an obstacle-avoiding robot

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Volumn 2801, Issue , 2003, Pages 771-780

  Fend, Miriam ^a   Yokoi, Hiroshi ^b   Pfeifer, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; MAMMALS; MORPHOLOGY; ROBOTS; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; ROBOTICS; SENSORS;

ANIMAL SPECIES; ARTIFICIAL WHISKERS; BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; OBSTACLE-AVOIDING; OPTIMAL MORPHOLOGY; ROBOTIC APPLICATIONS; SHORT-RANGE NAVIGATION; VERSATILE SENSORS;

CONSERVATION; BIODIVERSITY;

EID: 7444261007     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-39432-7_83     Document Type: Conference Paper

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