Torque and compliance control of the pneumatic artificial muscles in the biped "Lucy"

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 842-847

  Vanderborght, Bram ^a   Verrelst, Björn ^a   Van Ham, Ronald ^a   Van Damme, Michaël ^a   Beyl, Pieter ^a   Lefeber, Dirk ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biped; Force and compliance control; Pneumatic artificial muscle

Indexed keywords

BIPED LOCOMOTION; ELECTRIC MOTORS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCLE; TORQUE CONTROL;

FORCE AND COMPLIANCE CONTROL; PNEUMATIC ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; WALKING PATTERNS;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS;

EID: 33845681230     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1641814     Document Type: Conference Paper

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