Title :
Head motion stabilization during quadruped robot locomotion: Combining dynamical systems and a genetic algorithm
Author :
Santos, Cristina P. ; Oliveira, Miguel ; Rocha, Ana Maria A.C. ; Costa, Lino
Author_Institution :
Industrial Electronics Department, School of Engineering, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimaraes, Portugal
Abstract :
The head shaking that results from robot locomotion is important because it difficults stable image acquisition and the possibility to rely on that information to act accordingly, for instance, to achieve visually-guided locomotion.
Keywords :
Amplitude modulation; Frequency; Genetic algorithms; Head; Motion control; Optimization methods; Orbital robotics; Oscillators; Robot kinematics; Robotics and automation;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 2009. ICRA '09. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kobe
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2788-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1050-4729
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.2009.5152480