A lightweight modular 12-DOF print-and-fold hexapod

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1465-1471

  Soltero, Daniel E ^a   Julian, Brian J ^a,b   Onal, Cagdas D ^c   Rus, Daniela ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST OF TRANSPORTATION; FUNCTIONAL MODULES; LASER CUTTERS; MECHANICAL PARTS; MINIATURE VERSION; TRAJECTORY TRACKING; TWO DEGREES OF FREEDOM; WALKING SPEED;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 84893736500     PISSN: 21530858     EISSN: 21530866     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2013.6696542     Document Type: Conference Paper

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