A bioinspired concept for high efficiency locomotion in micro robots: The jumping Robot Grillo

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 4037-4042

  Scarfogliero, Umberto ^a   Stefanini, Cesare ^b   Dario, Paolo ^a,b  

^a IMT SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioinspired robot; Compliance; Jumping robot; Locomotion; Passive dynamics

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAIT ANALYSIS; MICROACTUATORS; POWER CONTROL;

BIOINSPIRED ROBOTS; JUMPING ROBOT; LOADED SPRINGS; PASSIVE DYNAMICS;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS;

EID: 33845622085     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1642322     Document Type: Conference Paper

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