RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Virgala, Ivan
A1 Miková, Ľubica
A1 Kelemen, Michal
T1 Robotic snakes
JF Acta Mechanica Slovaca
YR 2018
VO 22
IS 3
SP 38
OP 43
DO 10.21496/ams.2018.025
UL https://www.actamechanica.sk/artkey/ams-201803-0007.php
AB The paper deals with snake-like robots. There are several types of snake-like locomotions. Biological example - snake always select the best type of locomotion in accordance with terrain. Big manoeuvrability leads many teams to develop snake-like robots. These structures have many degrees of freedom and it is complicated to control them. Articulated bodies of these snake-like robots consist of segments. The paper deals with segment with one and two degree of freedom.