Characterization of emerging actuators for empowering legged robots

Emerging Trends in Mobile Robotics- Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 997-1004

  Pestana, J ^a   Bombin R ^a   Arevalo, J C ^a   Garcia, E ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Actuator performance analysis; New actuators for service robots

Indexed keywords

EXOSKELETON (ROBOTICS); MOBILE ROBOTS;

ACTUATION SYSTEMS; ACTUATION TECHNOLOGIES; ACTUATOR PERFORMANCE; ENERGY RECOVERY; LEGGED LOCOMOTION; LEGGED ROBOTS; NEW SERVICES; SERVICE ROBOTS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 84899444925     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1142/9789814329927_0122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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