Landing Motion Control of Articulated Hopping Robot

This paper deals with the landing motion of an articulated legged robot. Humans use a peculiar crouching motion to land safely which can be characterized by body stiffness and damping. A stiffness controller formulation is used to realize this human behavior for the robot. Using this method, the lan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Youngil Youm, Sanghak Sung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-11-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
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Online Access:http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/landing_motion_control_of_articulated_hopping_robot