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A benchmarking facility for snake robot locomotion is presented, including the design of a snake-like robot extended with a sensor setup combining three-dimensional vision and an array of force sensors to register friction and impulse forces. A surrounding, modular environment consisting of a reconfigurable obstacle course and a ceiling mounted camera system is also presented. This enables research into adaptive obstacle-based and non-obstacle-based movement patterns for robotic snakes. Experimental results show possibilities for detailed data analysis of snake robot locomotion. Thus, the facility may be a common reference on which to experiment and evaluate future ideas.
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Fjerdingen, S.A., Mathiassen, J.R., Schumann-Olsen, H., Kyrkjebø, E. (2008). Adaptive Snake Robot Locomotion: A Benchmarking Facility for Experiments. In: Bruyninckx, H., Přeučil, L., Kulich, M. (eds) European Robotics Symposium 2008. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, vol 44. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78317-6_2
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