Dynamic simulation and analysis of a passively self-stabilizing hexapedal running robot

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Dynamic Systems and Control Division (Publication) DSC

Volumn 73, Issue 2 PART B, 2004, Pages 1261-1269

  Clark, Jonathan E ^a   Cutkosky, Mark R ^a   Thelen, Darryl G ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPEED CONTROL; SYSTEM STABILITY;

HEXAPEDAL RUNNING ROBOT; MULTI-LEGGED ROBOTS; OPEN-LOOP ACTUATION; STABLE LOCOMOTION;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 19644370195     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2004-62117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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