Rolling locomotion of deformable tensegrity structure

Mobile Robotics: Solutions and Challenges - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 479-486

  Shibata, M ^a   Hirai, S ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body deformation; Gait description; Miller index; Tensegrity

Indexed keywords

CONTACT CONDITIONS; GAIT DESCRIPTION; MILLER INDICES; TENSEGRITIES; TENSEGRITY STRUCTURE;

MOBILE ROBOTS; PRESTRESSED BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

DEFORMATION;

EID: 84885575874     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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