On the influence of elastic actuation and monoarticular structures in biologically inspired bipedal robots

2010 3rd IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 389-394

  Radkhah, Katayon ^a   Lens, Thomas ^a   Seyfarth, Andre ^b   Von Stryk, Oskar ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; BIPEDAL ROBOT; COMPLIANT ACTUATOR; CONTROL COMPLEXITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; HUMANOID ROBOT; LEGGED ROBOTS; MECHANICAL ELASTICITIES; ON-LINE ADAPTATION; SELF-STABILIZATION;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS; ELASTICITY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANICAL DRIVES; ONLINE SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 78650344803     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIOROB.2010.5627797     Document Type: Conference Paper

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