Hydraulically Actuated Hexapod Robots Design, Implementation and Control /

• Main Authors: Nonami, Kenzo (Author), Barai, Ranjit Kumar (Author), Irawan, Addie (Author), Daud, Mohd Razali (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering, 66
• Subjects: Engineering.; Architecture, Computer.; Artificial intelligence.; Computer software.; Mechanical engineering.; Robotics.; Automation.; Mechanical Engineering.; Robotics and Automation.; Computer System Implementation.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Mathematical Software.

Legged robots are a promising locomotion system, capable of performing tasks that conventional vehicles cannot. Even more exciting is the fact that this is a rapidly developing field of study for researchers from a variety of disciplines. However, only a few books have been published on the subject...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Historical and Modern Perspective of Walking Robots
• Design and Optimization of Hydraulically Actuated Hexapod Robot COMET-IV
• Kinematics, Navigation and Path Planning of Hexapod Robot
• Position Based Robust Locomotion Control of Hexapod Robot
• Force Based Locomotion Control of Hexapod Robot
• Impedance Control and Its Adaptive for Hexapod Robot
• Tele-operated Locomotion Control of Hexapod Robot
• Fully Autonomous Locomotion Control of Hexapod Robot with LRF
• Challenges and New Frontiers of Hydraulically Actuated Hexapod Robots.