Hybrid toe and heel joints for biped/humanoid robots for natural gait

ICCAS 2007 - International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2687-2692

  Kumar, R Prasanth ^a   Handharu, Nandha ^a   Yoon, Jungwon ^a   Kim, Gap Soon ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biped robot; Humanoid robot; Hybrid toe joint; Natural gait

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROGRAMMABLE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

ANGULAR DISPLACEMENTS; BIPED ROBOT; DEGREES OF FREEDOMS; DOUBLE SUPPORTS; HEEL STRIKES; HUMANOID ROBOT; HYBRID TOE JOINT; JOINT TORQUES; MAXIMUM TORQUES; NATURAL GAIT; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; STEP LENGTHS; UNEVEN TERRAINS; ZERO MOMENT POINTS; ZMP TRAJECTORIES;

ROBOTS;

EID: 48349117292     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCAS.2007.4406823     Document Type: Conference Paper

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