Life Extending Minimum-Time Path Planning for Hexapod Robot

This paper presents a minimum‐time path planning scheme for life‐extending operation of legged robots, illustrated with a six‐legged walking robot (hexapod). The focus of this study is on extending the bearing fatigue life for leg joints. As a typical treatment, the min...

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Main Authors: Xin Wu, Yaoyu Li, Chao Zhou, Qingfeng Gao, Wei Teng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2011-06-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
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Online Access:http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/life_extending_minimum_time_path_planning_for_hexapod_robot