WALK-MAN: A High-Performance Humanoid Platform for Realistic Environments

Journal of Field Robotics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1225-1259

  Tsagarakis, N G ^a   Caldwell, D G ^a   Negrello, F ^a   Choi, W ^a   Baccelliere, L ^a   Loc, V G ^a   Noorden, J ^a   Muratore, L ^a   Margan, A ^a   Cardellino, A ^a   Natale, L ^a   Mingo Hoffman, E ^a   Dallali, H ^a   Kashiri, N ^a   Malzahn, J ^a   Lee, J ^a   Kryczka, P ^a   Kanoulas, D ^a   Garabini, M ^b   Catalano, M ^b   Ferrati, M ^b   Varricchio, V ^b   Pallottino, L ^b   Pavan, C ^b   Bicchi, A ^b   Settimi, A ^b   Rocchi, A ^b   Ajoudani, A ^b   more..

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; GRAVITATION; ROBOTS;

ADAPTATION RESPONSE; ELASTIC TRANSMISSIONS; KINEMATIC STRUCTURES; PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS; REALISTIC ENVIRONMENTS; SERIES ELASTIC ACTUATORS; TRANSMISSION ELASTICITY; UNSTRUCTURED ENVIRONMENTS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 85021391664     PISSN: 15564959     EISSN: 15564967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.21702     Document Type: Article

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