A bipedal running robot with one actuator per leg

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 848-853

  Neville, Neil ^a   Buehler, Martin ^b   Sharf, Inna ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Boston Dynamics   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipedal running; Compliance; Legged robot

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BIPED LOCOMOTION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS);

BIPEDAL GAIT; BIPEDAL RUNNING; COMPLIANT LEG; LEGGED ROBOT;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 33845671850     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1641815     Document Type: Conference Paper

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