The actuator with mechanically adjustable series compliance

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 597-606

  Hurst, Jonathan W ^a   Chestnutt, Joel E ^b   Rizzi, Alfred A ^c  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c Boston Dynamics   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuators; force control; legged locomotion; natural dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION SYSTEMS; ACTUATOR SYSTEM; COMPLEX DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; LEGGED LOCOMOTION; MECHANICAL DESIGN; NATURAL DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL COMPONENTS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; PROTOTYPE VERSIONS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DYNAMICS; FORCE CONTROL; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 77955566936     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2010.2052398     Document Type: Article

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