Design of a biomimetic spine for the humanoid robot Robota

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

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 329-334

  Roos, Lorenzo ^a   Guenter, Florent ^a   Guignard, Andre ^a   Billard, Aude G ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bio mimetic spine; Humanoid torso

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS; BONE; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KINEMATICS;

BIO-MIMETIC SPINE; HUMAN-LIKELINESS; HUMANOID TORSO;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33845588128     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIOROB.2006.1639108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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