MACCEPA 2.0: Adjustable compliant actuator with stiffening characteristic for energy efficient hopping

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 544-549

  Vanderborght, Bram ^a,b   Tsagarakis, Nikos G ^a   Semini, Claudio ^a   Ham, Ronald Van ^b   Caldwell, Darwin G ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE CURVES; COMPLIANT ACTUATOR; ELECTRIC ACTUATORS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; EQUILIBRIUM POSITIONS; HOPPING ROBOTS; JOINT ANGLE; LEG STIFFNESS; LEVER ARM; LINEAR STIFFNESS; RUNNING ROBOTS; SAFE HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; STIFFNESS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 70350380877     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2009.5152204     Document Type: Conference Paper

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