Mechanical aspects of legged locomotion control

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 251-272

  Koditschek, Daniel E ^a   Full, Robert J ^b   Buehler, Martin ^c  

^a The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Robotics   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinspired robots; Dynamical locomotion; Hexapod robot; Insect locomotion; Neuromechanics; Stable running

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; JOINT STABILITY; KINEMATICS; LINEAR SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; RUNNING; SKELETON; VELOCITY;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 3242747634     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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