Rush: A simple and autonomous quadruped running robot

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering

Volumn 223, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-336

  Zhang, Z G ^a   Kimura, H ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Delayed feedback control (DFC); Quadruped running robot; Rhythm generator; Torque generator

Indexed keywords

CONTROL STRATEGIES; DELAYED FEEDBACK CONTROL (DFC); ENERGY EFFICIENT; QUADRUPED ROBOTS; QUADRUPED RUNNING ROBOT; RHYTHM GENERATOR; ROUGH TERRAINS; RUNNING ROBOTS; SIMULATION RESULT; SIMULATION STUDIES; SYSTEM DESIGN; TORQUE GENERATOR;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FEEDBACK CONTROL; MACHINE DESIGN; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS; SENSORY FEEDBACK;

FEEDBACK;

EID: 66549128590     PISSN: 09596518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09596518JSCE668     Document Type: Article

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