Using optimization to create self-stable human-like running

Robotica

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-330

  Mombaur, Katja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomimetic robots; Bipeds; Control of robotic systems; Design; Robot dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC ROBOTS; BIPEDS; EXTERNAL MOMENT; HUMANOID ROBOT; INTERNAL JOINTS; MODEL PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; OPEN LOOPS; OPTIMAL CONTROL TECHNIQUE; ROBOT DYNAMICS; ROBOT MODEL; STABILITY OPTIMIZATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS;

BIOMIMETICS; MACHINE DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTICS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

ROBOTS;

EID: 67651149923     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: 14698668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574708004724     Document Type: Article

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