Adaptive dynamic walking of a quadruped robot on natural ground based on biological concepts

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 475-490

  Kimura, Hiroshi ^a   Fukuoka, Yasuhiro ^b   Cohen, Avis H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive walking on irregular terrain; Biologically inspired robot; Central pattern generator (CPG); Legged locomotion; Neural system model; Quadruped; Reflex

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; MOTION ESTIMATION; ROBOTIC ARMS; TORQUE MEASUREMENT; TWO TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ADAPTIVE DYNAMIC WALKING; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR (CPG); NEURAL SYSTEM MODELS; REFLEX; ROLLING MOTION;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 34047262689     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364907078089     Document Type: Article

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