Overview of the Lucy project: Dynamic stabilization of a biped powered by pneumatic artificial muscles

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1027-1051

  Vanderborght, Bram ^a,b   Van Ham, Ronald ^a   Verrelst, Björn ^a   Van Damme, Michaël ^a   Lefeber, Dirk ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipedal locomotion; Compliant actuation; Energy efficiency; Pneumatic artificial muscles

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; FLUID MECHANICS; PNEUMATIC DRIVES; PNEUMATICS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SPEED; TRAJECTORIES;

ANGLE RELATION; CONTROL ARCHITECTURES; DYNAMIC STABILIZATION; ELECTRICAL DRIVES; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENT; HUMAN WALKING; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATIONS; NATURAL DYNAMICS; OBJECTIVE LOCOMOTION; PNEUMATIC ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES (PAMS); REAL ROBOTS; SINGLE PENDULUM; SPEED UPS; TORQUE MODELING; TRAJECTORY CONTROL; TRAJECTORY TRACKING; WALKING SPEEDS;

MUSCLE;

EID: 47849133118     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855308X324749     Document Type: Article

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