No need for a body model: Positive velocity feedback for the control of an 18-DOF robot walker

Applied Bionics and Biomechanics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 135-147

  Schmitz, Josef ^a   Schneider, Axel ^a   Schilling, Malte ^a   Cruse, Holk ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compliant motion; Hexapod walking; Joint coordination; Positive velocity feedback; Stick insect

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; MOTION CONTROL; ROBOTS; VELOCITY;

COMPLIANT MOTION; HEXAPOD WALKING; JOINT COORDINATION; STICK INSECT; VELOCITY FEEDBACK;

FEEDBACK;

EID: 58049161090     PISSN: 11762322     EISSN: 17542103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11762320802221074     Document Type: Article

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