Rover control based on an optimal torque distribution - Application to 6 motorized wheels passive rover

IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2010 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 4372-4377

  Krebs, Ambroise ^a   Risch, Fabian ^a   Thueer, Thomas ^a   Maye, Jérôme ^a   Pradalier, Cédric ^a   Siegwart, Roland ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMBING PERFORMANCE; CONTROL ALGORITHMS; CONTROL METHODS; FORCE DISTRIBUTIONS; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; MOTORIZED WHEELS; NEWTON-EULER EQUATIONS; ODOMETRIC; POWER CONSUMPTION; ROVER CONTROL; SUSPENSION MECHANISM; TORQUE DISTRIBUTION; WHEEL SLIPS; WHEELED ROBOT;

ALGORITHMS; EULER EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; TORQUE; TORQUE CONTROL; VEHICLES; WHEELS;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 78651480600     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2010.5653707     Document Type: Conference Paper

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