Design, analysis, and control of a low power joint for walking robots, by phasic activation of McKibben muscles

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 599-604

  Van Der Linde, Richard Q ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; MOTION CONTROL; MOTION PLANNING; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); PNEUMATIC SERVOMECHANISMS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STIFFNESS;

MCKIBBEN MUSCLES; PHASIC ACTIVATION;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0032646016     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.781963     Document Type: Article

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