Design and operation of a tripod walking robot via dynamics simulation

Robotica

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 733-743

  Liang, Conghui ^a   Gu, Hao ^a   Ceccarelli, Marco ^a   Carbone, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamics simulation; Leg mechanisms; Legged walking machines; Tripod walking robots

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; GRAVITATION; MOBILE ROBOTS;

BALANCING MECHANISMS; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; DYNAMICS SIMULATION; ENGINEERING SOFTWARE; LEG MECHANISM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; WALKING MACHINES; WALKING ROBOTS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 77957681518     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: 14698668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574710000615     Document Type: Article

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