The effect of limb kinematics on the speed of a legged robot on granular media

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc.

Volumn 67, Issue , 2010, Pages 1383-1393

  Li, C ^a   Umbanhowar, P B ^b   Komsuoglu, H ^c   Goldman, D I ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Locomotion; Sand; Solidification

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; GAIT PARAMETERS; GRANULAR MEDIA; GRANULAR MEDIUM; INTERACTION MODEL; KINEMATIC MODEL; LEGGED ROBOTS; OPTIMAL GAITS; PARAMETER SPACES; PENETRATION FORCES; PERFORMANCE LOSS; PHYSICAL MODEL; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SMALL REGION; UNCONSOLIDATED GRANULAR MATERIALS;

BIOMECHANICS; KINEMATICS; MODELS; ROBOTS; SOLIDIFICATION;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

EID: 79959923781     PISSN: 10466789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/S11340-010-9347-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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