Kinematics of wheeled mobile robots on uneven terrain

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 39, Issue 12 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 1273-1287

  Chakraborty, Nilanjan ^a   Ghosal, Ashitava ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; MACHINERY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

KINEMATIC SLIPS; VARIABLE LENGTH AXLE (VLA); WHEELED MOBILE ROBOTS (WMR);

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 7544227932     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2004.05.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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