A switching kinematic model for an octapedal robot

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 507-512

  Karydis, Konstantinos ^a   Poulakakis, Ioannis ^a   Tanner, Herbert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-INSPIRED; COLLECTIVE EFFECTS; FOUR-BAR LINKAGE; HORIZONTAL MOTION; KINEMATIC MODEL; LEGGED ROBOTS; LOCOMOTION BEHAVIOR; MINIATURE ROBOTS; MOTION PRIMITIVES; REDUCED ORDER; SWEEP ANGLE;

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; KINEMATICS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84872340857     PISSN: 21530858     EISSN: 21530866     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2012.6386230     Document Type: Conference Paper

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