Enhancing stability of a passive dynamic running biped by exploiting a nonlinear spring

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 4923-4928

  Owaki, Dai ^a   Ishiguro, Akio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leg elasticity; Mechanical dynamics; Passife dynamic runner; Stability of running

Indexed keywords

BIPED LOCOMOTION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; MOTION PLANNING; SYSTEM STABILITY;

LEG ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL DYNAMICS; NONLINEAR SPRING; PASSIVE DYNAMIC RUNNERS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 34250636803     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2006.282452     Document Type: Conference Paper

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