Antarctica rover design and optimization for limited power consumption

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 4, Issue PART 1, 2006, Pages 788-793

  Lachat, Daisy ^a   Krebs, Ambroise ^a   Thueer, Thomas ^a   Siegwart, Roland ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Design; Locomotion; Modelling; Optimization; Power consumption; Rover

Indexed keywords

BIPED LOCOMOTION; DESIGN; MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

ANTARCTICA; DESIGN PROCESS; DRIVE TRAIN; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; ROVER; ROVER DESIGNS;

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION;

EID: 79961140348     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3182/20060912-3-de-2911.00136     Document Type: Conference Paper

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