Articulated hybrid mobile robot mechanism with compounded mobility and manipulation and on-board wireless sensor/actuator control interfaces

Mechatronics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 627-639

  Ben Tzvi, Pinhas ^a   Goldenberg, Andrew A ^b   Zu, Jean W ^b  

^a The George Washington University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Control hardware architecture; Mobile robot; Prototype integration; Search and rescue; Simulations; Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

FAULT TOLERANCE; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MANIPULATORS; MOBILE ROBOTS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

ACTUATORS AND SENSORS; CONTROL HARDWARES; MOBILE ROBOT MECHANISM; PLANETARY EXPLORATION; SEARCH AND RESCUE; SIMULATIONS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 77956393721     PISSN: 09574158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechatronics.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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