Efficient force distribution and leg posture for a bio-inspired spider robot

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-150

  Vidoni, R ^a   Gasparetto, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Bio mimesis; Climbing spider robot; Force distribution; Legged mechanism

Indexed keywords

BIO-INSPIRED; BIO-MIMESIS; CLIMBING ROBOTS; EFFICIENT SYSTEMS; FORCE DISTRIBUTIONS; LEGGED MECHANISM; SPIDER-ROBOTS; TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS; TORQUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADHESION;

ROBOTS;

EID: 79251599237     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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