A convex, smooth and invertible contact model for trajectory optimization

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1071-1076

  Todorov, Emanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT DYNAMICS; CONTACT MODELS; CONTINUATION METHOD; CONVEX OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; FORWARD AND INVERSE DYNAMICS; INTERIOR-POINT METHOD; INVERSE DYNAMICS; NEW PHYSICS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION; WALKING GAIT;

AERODYNAMICS; CONVEX OPTIMIZATION; KINETICS; OPTIMIZATION; TRAJECTORIES;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84867428260     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2011.5979814     Document Type: Conference Paper

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