Experimental investigations into the role of passive variable compliant legs for dynamic robotic locomotion

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1243-1249

  Galloway, Kevin C ^a   Clark, Jonathan E ^b   Yim, Mark ^c   Koditschek, Daniel E ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS DYNAMICS; BIOMECHANICAL STUDIES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; LEG COMPLIANCE; LEG DESIGN; LEG STIFFNESS; LEGGED ROBOTS; RUNNING SPEED; RUNTIMES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SURFACE STIFFNESS; TERRAIN CONDITIONS;

BIOMECHANICS; OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84870331940     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2011.5979941     Document Type: Conference Paper

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