Self locomotion of a spherical rolling robot using a novel deformable pneumatic method

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3757-3762

  Wait, Keith W ^a   Jackson, Philip J ^b   Smoot, Lanny S ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DISNEY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobile robots; Pneumatic systems; Spheres

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION SYSTEMS; CONTROL SCHEMES; MOTIVE FORCES; PNEUMATIC METHODS; PNEUMATIC SYSTEMS; ROLLING ROBOTS; RUBBER BLADDERS; SPHERICAL ROBOTS;

LIGHT SOURCES; MOBILE ROBOTS; PNEUMATIC CONTROL; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; ROBOTICS;

SPHERES;

EID: 77955796046     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509314     Document Type: Conference Paper

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