A biologically inspired passive Antenna for steering control of a running robot

Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics

Volumn 15, Issue , 2005, Pages 541-550

  Cowan, Noah J ^a   Ma, Emily J ^b   Cutkosky, Mark ^b   Full, Robert J ^c  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BIOMIMETICS; BRIDGES;

BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; BODY ORIENTATION; HEXAPEDAL RUNNING ROBOT; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; RATE OF CONVERGENCE; STEERING CONTROL; TACTILE FEEDBACK; TEMPLATE MODELS;

FEEDBACK;

EID: 79958009060     PISSN: 16107438     EISSN: 1610742X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/11008941_58     Document Type: Article

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