Title
Fundamental properties of snake robot locomotion
Abstract
This paper presents a set of fundamental properties of the velocity of a snake robot conducting lateral undulation on a planar surface. In particular, the derived properties state that the average forward velocity of the snake robot 1) is proportional to the squared amplitude of the sinusoidal motion of each joint of the robot, 2) is proportional to the angular frequency of the sinusoidal motion of each joint, 3) is proportional to a particular function of the constant phase shift between the joints, and 4) is maximized by the phase shift between the joints that also maximizes the particular phase shift function. The paper presents simulation results that support the validity of the derived properties.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1109/IROS.2010.5649099
Intelligent Robots and Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
angular velocity,mobile robots,angular frequency,forward velocity,lateral undulation,phase shift,planar surface,sinusoidal motion,snake robot locomotion
Angular frequency,Angular velocity,Undulatory locomotion,Control theory,Computer science,Robot kinematics,Control engineering,Robot locomotion,Amplitude,Mobile robot,Phase (waves)
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2153-0858
978-1-4244-6674-0
4
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.47
7
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
P. Liljebäck11359.41
Kristin Ytterstad Pettersen233433.32
Ø. Stavdahl31088.16
Jan Tommy Gravdahl412120.61