Simplified control of upright walking by exploring asymmetric gaits induced by leg damping

2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 491-496

  Maufroy, Christophe ^a   Maus, H Moritz ^a   Seyfarth, André ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL PARAMETERS; GAIT PATTERN; HUMAN WALKING; ROBOTIC PLATFORMS; SIMULATION MODEL; SPRING LOADED INVERTED PENDULUMS; SYSTEM BEHAVIORS;

BIOMIMETICS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ROBOTICS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); VIRTUAL REALITY;

DAMPING;

EID: 84860721242     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBIO.2011.6181334     Document Type: Conference Paper

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