A sensor platform capable of aerial and terrestrial locomotion

2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 3959-3964

  Boria, Frank J ^a   Bachmann, Richard J ^b,c   Ifju, Peter G ^a   Quinn, Roger D ^b,c   Vaidyanathan, Ravi ^b,d   Perry, Chris ^e   Wagener, Jeffrey ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BioRobotics LLC   (United States)

^c Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^d Naval Postgraduate School   (United States)

^e AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Micro air vehicle; Mini Whegs ; Morphing; Multi mode mobility; Reconnaissance

Indexed keywords

BODY SENSOR NETWORKS; CARBON FIBERS; FLEXIBLE WINGS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MOBILE ANTENNAS; WHEELS;

LAND VEHICLES; MORPHING; MULTI MODE MOBILITY; RECONNAISSANCE; RUNNING GEAR; SENSOR PLATFORM; TERRESTRIAL LOCOMOTION; UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA;

MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

EID: 79957996018     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2005.1545597     Document Type: Conference Paper

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