The effect of leg specialization in a biomimetic hexapedal running robot

Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-35

  Clark, Jonathan E ^a   Cutkosky, Mark R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL LEG FUNCTION; OPEN-LOOP CONTROL; POSTURAL ADJUSTMENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33646380894     PISSN: 00220434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2168477     Document Type: Article

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