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TROB
2008
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13 years 4 months ago
3-D Snake Robot Motion: Nonsmooth Modeling, Simulations, and Experiments
A nonsmooth (hybrid) 3-D mathematical model of a snake robot (without wheels) is developed and experimentally validated in this paper. The model is based on the framework of nonsmo...
Aksel Andreas Transeth, Remco I. Leine, Christoph ...
IROS
2007
IEEE
120views Robotics» more  IROS 2007»
13 years 11 months ago
Differentiable and piecewise differentiable gaits for snake robots
—This paper describes a series of gaits which we developed for a free crawling snake robot. Snake robots, a class of hyper-redundant mechanisms, can use their many degrees of fre...
Kevin Lipkin, Isaac Brown, Aaron Peck, Howie Chose...
ICRA
2007
IEEE
159views Robotics» more  ICRA 2007»
13 years 11 months ago
Online trajectory generation in an amphibious snake robot using a lamprey-like central pattern generator model
— This article presents a control architecture for controlling the locomotion of an amphibious snake/lamprey robot capable of swimming and serpentine locomotion. The control arch...
Auke Jan Ijspeert, Alessandro Crespi
ICRA
2003
IEEE
107views Robotics» more  ICRA 2003»
13 years 10 months ago
A miniature inspection robot negotiating pipes of widely varying diameter
The purpose of this research is to realize a small robot which can negotiate pipes whose diameter varies widely during the robot’s course. A new in-pipe locomotion mechanism nam...
Koichi Suzumori, Shuichi Wakimoto, Masanori Takata
ICRA
2007
IEEE
149views Robotics» more  ICRA 2007»
13 years 11 months ago
Frictional Compliance Model Development and Experiments for Snake Robot Climbing
Abstract— Intelligently utilizing the frictional contact between a robot and its environment can prevent slip, maintain balance, and provide stability during a robot’s motion. ...
Amir Shapiro, Aaron Greenfield, Howie Choset