Evolution of a jump in an articulated leg with series-elastic actuation

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 352-358

  Curran, Simon ^a   Orin, David E ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic maneuvers; Evolutionary robotics; Jump; Legged robot; Series elastic actuation (SEA)

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DC MOTORS; DIESEL ENGINES; ELASTICITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOTORS; MUSCLE; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ROBOTICS;

DYNAMIC MANEUVERS; EVOLUTIONARY ROBOTICS; JUMP; LEGGED ROBOT; SERIES-ELASTIC ACTUATION (SEA);

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 51649109658     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543233     Document Type: Conference Paper

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