Exploiting adaptable passive behaviour to influence natural dynamics applied to legged robots

Robotica

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-158

  Verrelst, Björn ^a   Van Ham, Ronald ^a   Vanderborght, Bram ^a   Vermeulen, Jimmy ^a   Lefeber, Dirk ^a   Daerden, Frank ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Legged robots; Passive Active control; Pneumatic artificial muscle

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PENDULUMS; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; STIFFNESS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WALKING AIDS;

LEGGED ROBOTS; PASSIVE WALKING; PASSIVE/ACTIVE CONTROL; PNEUMATIC ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 17044430593     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574704000669     Document Type: Article

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