A variational approach to the optimization of gait for a bipedal robot

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-184

  Channon, P H ^a   Hopkins, S H ^a   Pham, D T ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gait optimization; Legged robots; Walking machines

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DYNAMICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FUNCTIONS; KINEMATICS; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STATE SPACE METHODS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

BIPEDAL ROBOTS; COST FUNCTION; EULER EQUATIONS; WALKING MOTIONS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0029713595     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/pime_proc_1996_210_184_02     Document Type: Article

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