YaMoR and bluemove - An autonomous modular robot with bluetooth interface for exploring adaptive locomotion

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 685-692

  Moeckel, R ^a   Jaquier, C ^a   Drapel, K ^a   Dittrich, E ^a   Upegui, A ^a   Ijspeert, A ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bluetooth; FPGA; Locomotion; Modular robot

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; BLUETOOTH; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); MOBILE ROBOTS; SOFTWARE TESTING;

ADAPTIVE LOCOMOTION; COMPUTATIONAL POWER; CONTROL SOFTWARE; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DIFFERENT SHAPES; FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK; SNAKE-LIKE ROBOT; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

MODULAR ROBOTS;

EID: 84872291343     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26415-9_82     Document Type: Conference Paper

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