Passive undulatory gaits enhance walking in a myriapod millirobot

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1479-1486

  Hoffman, Katie L ^a   Wood, Robert J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SPEED; BIOLOGICAL STUDIES; DESIGN AND MODELING; GAIN INSIGHT; PHASE DIFFERENCE; STEPPING FREQUENCIES;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; ROBOTICS;

BIPED LOCOMOTION;

EID: 84455200627     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2011.6048268     Document Type: Conference Paper

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