Thrust control, stabilization and energetics of a quadruped running robot

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1135-1151

  Estremera, Joaquin ^a   Waldron, Kenneth J ^b  

^a Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic stability; Fast locomotion; Gallop; Legged machine; Pronk; Quadruped; Running robot; Trot

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; STABILIZATION;

ACTUATION SYSTEMS; ACTUATOR SYSTEM; ANALYTICAL MODELLING; CLOSED-LOOP METHOD; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DYNAMIC STABILITY; ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC; ENERGETIC EFFICIENCY; ENERGY LOSSES; FAST LOCOMOTION; GALLOP; IRREGULAR TERRAIN; LEGGED MACHINE; MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; OPEN LOOP CONTROLLING; POWER CONSUMPTION; PRONK; QUADRUPED; RADIAL THRUST; RUNNING ROBOT; RUNNING ROBOTS; THRUST CONTROL; THRUST CONTROL METHODS; TROT;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 52349124142     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364908097063     Document Type: Article

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