Graphical simulation of articulated rigid body system kinematics with collision detection

The area of concern addressed by this thesis is the development of a 3-D visual simulation to aid in the testing of ground detection and foot placement algorithms for an articulated walking robot's foot pads on uneven terrain. Several collision detection algorithms and terrain mapping techn...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goetz, John Robert
Other Authors: McGhee, Robert B.
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/30911