Quadrupedal locomotion: An introduction to the control of four-legged robots

Quadrupedal Locomotion: An Introduction to the Control of Four-legged Robots

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-267

  De Santos, Pablo Gonzalez ^a   Garcia, Elena ^a   Estremera, Joaquin ^a  

^a Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.1007/1-84628-307-8     Document Type: Book

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