Trotting horse model

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 566-581

  Herr, Hugh M ^a   McMahon, Thomas A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

METABOLIC COST; PITCH STABILIZATION; TROTTING;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0034197363     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/027836490001900602     Document Type: Article

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