Facilitating multi-modal locomotion in a quadruped robot utilizing passive oscillation of the spine structure

IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2010 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 4940-4945

  Takuma, Takashi ^a   Ikeda, Masahiro ^a   Masuda, Tatsuya ^a  

^a OSAKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY DESIGN; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; GAIT PATTERN; MULTI-MODAL LOCOMOTION; MULTIPLE JOINTS; PHYSICAL MODEL; QUADRUPED ROBOTS; ROBOT BODY; SPINAL STRUCTURE; SPINE STRUCTURE;

ELASTICITY; GAIT ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 78651485865     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2010.5649134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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