Intelligence by mechanics

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1850, 2007, Pages 199-220

  Blickhan, Reinhard ^a   Seyfarth, Andre ^a   Geyer, Hartmut ^a   Grimmer, Sten ^a   Wagner, Heiko ^a   Günther, Michael ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Impact; Run; Segmentation; Stability; Walk

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846327622     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1911     Document Type: Article

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