A biologically inspired biped locomotion strategy for humanoid robots: Modulation of sinusoidal patterns by a coupled oscillator model

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 185-191

  Morimoto, Jun ^a,b   Endo, Gen ^c   Nakanishi, Jun ^a,b   Cheng, Gordon ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biologically inspired approach; Biped walking; Central pattern generator; Coupled oscillator; Humanoid robots

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); ROBOTICS;

BIPED WALKING; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; COUPLED OSCILLATOR; HUMANOID ROBOTS; SINUSOIDAL PATTERNS;

BIPED LOCOMOTION;

EID: 40949147828     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2008.915457     Document Type: Article

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