Controlling the walking period of a pneumatic muscle walker

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 861-866

  Takuma, Takashi ^a   Hosoda, Koh ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial muscle; Biped walking; Limit cycle; Pneumatic actuator

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; FEEDBACK; MUSCLE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PNEUMATIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; STAIRS;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; BIPED WALKING; LIMIT CYCLE; PNEUMATIC ACTUATORS;

WALKING AIDS;

EID: 33747620516     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364906069187     Document Type: Article

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