Creatures of two worlds : small robots and hybrid aerial-terrestrial locomotion
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This thesis is about the design and analysis of small, mobile robots that operate in various combinations of air and surface locomotion. Our goal is to create robots that traverse unstructured environments with speed and efficiency. Our analysis focuses on the physics of the transitions between states that make this kind of locomotion possible. Throughout the work, we will find connections with the natural world, where operation in multiple modes and at small scales defines the operational life of many animals. We note how advances in processors, sensors, and actuators have made it easier to create robots which explore these spaces, and look forward to the potential future growth of inexpensive, active platforms.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2016 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Pope, Morgan Thomas |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Mechanical Engineering. |
| Primary advisor | Cutkosky, Mark R |
| Thesis advisor | Cutkosky, Mark R |
| Thesis advisor | Lentink, David, 1975- |
| Thesis advisor | Waldron, Kenneth J |
| Advisor | Lentink, David, 1975- |
| Advisor | Waldron, Kenneth J |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Morgan Thomas Pope. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2016. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2016 by Morgan Thomas Pope
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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