Design of HyQ -A hydraulically and electrically actuated quadruped robot

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering

Volumn 225, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 831-849

  Semini, C ^a   Tsagarakis, N G ^a   Guglielmino, E ^a   Focchi, M ^a   Cannella, F ^a   Caldwell, D G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydraulic actuation; Hydraulic quadruped; Legged machine; Quadruped robot design

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC ACTUATORS; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; MACHINE DESIGN; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS; DESIGN;

CONTROLLED JOINTS; DYNAMIC MOTIONS; HYDRAULIC ACTUATION; HYDRAULIC POWER SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL DESIGN; QUADRUPED ROBOTS; ROUGH TERRAINS; TEST STUDY;

ROBOTS;

EID: 80054998757     PISSN: 09596518     EISSN: 20413041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959651811402275     Document Type: Article

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