Design of a quadruped robot driven by air muscles

Proceedings of the First IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2006, BioRob 2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 875-880

  Aschenbeck, Kurt S ^a   Kern, Nicole I ^a   Bachmann, Richard J ^a   Quinn, Roger D ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MOTION ESTIMATION; MUSCLE; PULSE MODULATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

FESTO AIR MUSCLES; KINEMATIC MODEL;

ROBOTS;

EID: 33845582592     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIOROB.2006.1639201     Document Type: Conference Paper

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