A bipedal walking robot with efficient and human-like gait

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 1983-1988

  Collins, Steven Hartley ^a   Ruina, Andy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biped; Efficiency; Locomotion; Passive Dynamic

Indexed keywords

ANGLE BISECTING MECHANISMS; WALKING ROBOTS;

BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAIT ANALYSIS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MOTORS; POSITION CONTROL;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 33645797164     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570404     Document Type: Conference Paper

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