High speed locomotion for a quadrupedal microrobot

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1063-1082

  Baisch, Andrew T ^a   Ozcan, Onur ^a   Goldberg, Benjamin ^a   Ithier, Daniel ^a   Wood, Robert J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOBILE ROBOTS;

BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; CENTIMETER-SCALE; DESIRED TRAJECTORIES; ELECTRONICS INTEGRATIONS; HIGH SPEED; INSECT-INSPIRED ROBOTS; MICRO ROBOTS; WALKING ROBOTS;

DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84905277890     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364914521473     Document Type: Article

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