A disturbance rejection measure for limit cycle walkers: The gait sensitivity norm

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1213-1224

  Hobbelen, Daan G E ^a   Wisse, Martijn ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biped; Disturbance rejection; Legged locomotion; Limit cycle walkers; Passive dynamic walking; Peformance evaluation; Performance measures; Stability

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE REJECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WALKING AIDS;

FLOQUET MULTIPLIER ANALYSIS; GAIT SENSITIVITY NORM; LIMIT CYLCE WALKERS; PASSIVE DYNAMIC WALKING; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION;

BIPED LOCOMOTION;

EID: 37549028783     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2007.904908     Document Type: Article

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