Reliable, built-in, high-accuracy force sensing for legged robots

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 931-950

  Montes, Hector ^a   Nabulsi, Samir ^b   Armada, Manuel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^b Institute of Physical and Information Technologies   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climbing and walking robots; Finite element analysis; Foot ground interaction; Force sensor; Force feedback control; Zero moment point

Indexed keywords

DRILLING; FEEDBACK; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MACHINE DESIGN; RELIABILITY; ROBOTS; SENSORS;

CLIMBING AND WALKING ROBOTS; FOOT GROUND INTERACTION; FORCE FEEDBACK CONTROL; FORCE SENSORS; ZERO MOMENT POINT;

WALKING AIDS;

EID: 33747624720     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364906069173     Document Type: Article

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