Stable control of a simulated one-legged running robot with hip and leg compliance

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 96-104

  Ahmadi, Mojtaba ^a   Buehler, Martin ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IEEE

Author keywords

Legged locomotion; Passive dynamics; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; MOTION CONTROL; ROBOTICS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); SYSTEM STABILITY;

LEGGED LOCOMOTION; ONE LEGGED RUNNING ROBOT; PASSIVE DYNAMIC MOTION;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0031077241     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.554350     Document Type: Article

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