Idealized walking and running gaits minimize work

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

Volumn 463, Issue 2086, 2007, Pages 2429-2446

  Srinivasan, Manoj ^a   Ruina, Andy ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Locomotion; Optimal control; Optimality; Running; Walking

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348958593     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2007.0006     Document Type: Article

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