Design and development of a biomimetic leg using hybrid actuators

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1507-1512

  Garcia, E ^a   Arevalo, J C ^a   Sanchez, F ^a   Sarria, J F ^a   Gonzalez de Santos, P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION SYSTEMS; ACTUATION TECHNOLOGIES; ACTUATOR PERFORMANCE; BIOMIMETIC LEG; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; HYBRID ACTUATOR; LARGE POWER; LEGGED LOCOMOTION; MAGNETO-RHEOLOGICAL DAMPERS;

ACTUATORS; BIOMIMETICS; ELASTICITY; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MACHINE DESIGN; MUSCLE;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84455202721     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2011.6048039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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