An automated system for systematic testing of locomotion on heterogeneous granular media

Nature-Inspired Mobile Robotics: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 547-554

  Qian, Feifei ^a   Daffon, Kevin ^a   Zhang, Tingnan ^a   Goldman, Daniel I ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED SYSTEMS; DIFFERENT SIZES; GRANULAR MEDIA; INTERACTION MODES; PARAMETER EXPLORATION; PARTICULATE SUBSTRATE; ROBOT LOCOMOTION; SYSTEMATIC TESTING;

ARID REGIONS; AUTOMATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GLASS; MOBILE ROBOTS;

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EID: 84891355184     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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