Embodiment enables the spinal engine in quadruped robot locomotion

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2449-2456

  Zhao, Qian ^a   Nakajima, Kohei ^a   Sumioka, Hidenobu ^a,b   Yu, Xiaoxiang ^a,c   Pfeifer, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL HYPOTHESIS; BOUNDING GAIT; DYNAMICAL INTERACTIONS; ENGINE STATE; INFORMATION STRUCTURES; INFORMATION-THEORETIC ANALYSIS; INFORMATION-THEORETIC APPROACH; INTERNAL DYNAMICS; QUADRUPED ROBOTS;

INFORMATION THEORY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS;

WALKING AIDS;

EID: 84872305662     PISSN: 21530858     EISSN: 21530866     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2012.6386048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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