DocumentCode
1219856
Title
March of the sandbots
Author
Goldman, Daniel ; Komsuoglu, Haldun ; Koditschek, Daniel
Volume
46
Issue
4
fYear
2009
fDate
4/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
30
Lastpage
35
Abstract
Goldman at Georgia Tech, Koditschek and Komsuoglu at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, and other collaborators - are hoping that by studying the zebra-tailed lizard and a menagerie of other desert-dwelling creatures, we can create more agile versions of their six-legged robot, SandBot.
Keywords
legged locomotion; SandBot; crescent-shaped feet; desert dwelling creatures; fluid behavior; glass beads; sandy terrain; six-legged robot; solid behavior; zebra tailed lizard; Collaboration; Robots;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2009.4808384
Filename
4808384
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