Habib M.K. (Ed.) Bioinspiration and Robotics Walking and Climbing Robots

I-Tech Education and Publishing, Vienna, 2007, 544 pages, ISBN13: 9783902613158Nature has always been a source of inspiration and ideas for the robotics community. New solutions and technologies are required and hence this book is coming out to address and deal with the main challenges facing walking and climbing robots, and contributes with innovative solutions, designs, technologies and techniques.Parametrically Excited Dynamic Bipedal Walking
Locomotion of an Underactuated Biped Robot Using a Tail
Reduced DOF Type Walking Robot Based on Closed Link Mechanism
Posture and Vibration Control Based on Virtual Suspension Model for Multi-Legged Walking Robot
Research on Hexapod Walking Bio-Robot's Workspace and Flexibility
A Designing Method of the Passive Dynamic Walking Robot via Analogy with Phase Locked Loop Circuits
Theoretical Investigations of the Control Movement of the CLAWAR at Statically Unstable Regimes
Selection of Obstacle Avoidance Behaviors Based on Visual and Ultrasonic Sensors for Quadruped Robots
Climbing Service Robots for Improving Safety in Building Maintenance Industry
Gait Programming for Multi-Legged Robot Climbing on Walls and Ceilings
Armless Climbing and Walking in Robotics
A Reference Control Architecture for Service Robots as applied to a Climbing Vehicle
Climbing with Parallel Robots
Gait Synthesis in Legged Robot Locomotion Using a CPG-Based Model
Basic Concepts of the Control and Learning Mechanism of Locomotion by the Central Pattern Generator
Space Exploration - towards Bio-Inspired Climbing Robots
Biologically Inspired Robots
Study on Locomotion of a Crawling Robot for Adaptation to the Environment
Multiple Sensor Fusion and Motion Control of Snake Robot Based on Soft-Computing
Evolutionary Strategies Combined With Novel Binary Hill Climbing Used for Online Walking Pattern Generation in Two Legged Robot
A Multitasking Surface Exploration Rover System
Collective Displacement of Modular Robots Using Self-Reconfiguration
In-pipe Robot with Active Steering Capability for Moving Inside of Pipelines
Locomotion Principles of 1D Topology Pitch and Pitch-Yaw-Connecting Modular Robots
Mechanical Design of Step-Climbing Vehicle with Passive Linkages
Climbing Robots
Mechanical and Kinematics Design Methodology of a New Wheelchair with Additional Capabilities
Pneumatic Actuators for Climbing, Walking and Serpentine Robots
Omnidirectional Mobile Robot - Design and Implementation
On the Use of a Hexapod Table to Improve Tumour Targeting in Radiation Therapy