Systematic kinematics analysis and balance control of high mobility rovers over rough terrain

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-24

  Tarokh, Mahmoud ^a   Ho, Huy Dang ^a   Bouloubasis, Antonios ^b  

^a San Diego State University   (United States)

^b GO Science Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance control; High mobility rovers; Rover kinematics

Indexed keywords

BALANCE CONTROL; HIGH MOBILITY; KINEMATICS ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS MODELING; REFERENCE FRAME; ROUGH TERRAINS; ROVER KINEMATICS; SYSTEMATIC METHOD; UNEVEN TERRAIN; WHEELED ROVERS;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

KINEMATICS;

EID: 84870254663     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2012.09.010     Document Type: Article

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