An anthropomorphic robot torso for imitation: Design and experiments

2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 661-667

  Lopes, Manuel ^a   Beira, Ricardo ^a   Praça, Miguel ^b   Santos Victor, José ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE SETÚBAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPED LOCOMOTION; COMPUTER VISION; CONTROL THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ITERATIVE METHODS; KINEMATICS; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOT LEARNING; ROBOTIC ARMS;

BINOCULAR HEADS; HUMANOID ROBOTS; VISUOMOTORS;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS;

EID: 14044270172     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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