rough terrain
collocation in Englishmeaningsofroughandterrain
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rough
adjective
uk/rʌf/us/rʌf/
not even or smooth, often because of being in ...
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terrain
noun[U]
uk/təˈreɪn/us/təˈreɪn/
an area of land, when considering its ...
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(Definition ofroughandterrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofrough terrain
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Other researchers have studied walking control algorithms to deal withroughterrain.
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Running overroughterrainwould similarly engage both planning and control mechanisms.
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The vehicle has considerable traction that enables it to traverseroughterrain.
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He watches videos of mountain goats moving overroughterrainand notes the movement and action of the goat's foot, in particular, how it gets traction on very steep surfaces.
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To accomplish these goals, rovers will be required to safely access veryroughterrainwith a significant degree of autonomy.
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During the battle, nature plays an important role in protecting the sertanejo, with trenches rising inroughterrainand thick vegetation that was impossible for foreigners to traverse.
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This configuration serves to keep all wheels on the ground while the vehicle is traversingroughterrain.
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Furthermore, future work will illustrate the supervisory control giving reasonable stride frequency and step length automatically when walking on aroughterrainor under perturbations.
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A biped walking robot must be able to set its own gait so as to be capable of adapting toroughterrain, or to avoid obstacles.
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The adaptability of terrain can be regarded as one of the crucial abilities for biped walking robots to deal with aroughterrain.
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Some of them started to cultivate coffee, but coffee farming remained limited because theroughterraininhibited the development of large plantations.
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With its ease of adjustments to accommodate different gait requirements, the approach lends itself readily for control of walking on aroughterrainand in the presence of external perturbations.
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It is the author's belief that it is promising to extend the current model to implement the turning gait androughterrainadaptation.
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Roughterrainonly appears in the mountainous regions in the southwestern and eastern parts of the island.
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These vehicles are useful for work inroughterrain.
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However, at that stage the use of such a system onroughterrainwas not envisaged.
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It is ideally suited for short runways androughterrainand for the needs of less advanced countries.
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