The effect of swing leg retraction on running energy efficiency

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3957-3962

  Haberland, Matt ^a   Karssen, J G Daniël ^b   Kim, Sangbae ^a   Wisse, Martijn ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY LOSS; ENERGY USAGE; GROUND CONTACTS; OVERALL ENERGY EFFICIENCY; RUNNING ROBOTS; TANGENTIAL SPEED;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; ROBOTICS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84455206293     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2011.6048310     Document Type: Conference Paper

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