The potential for emulating the human footstrike using a Six Degrees-of-Freedom industrial robot

Part of the testing process for athletic footwear is exposing the shoes to realistic wear conditions; this can be in the form of user trials or, as is becoming more common place, the use of mechanical test devices. However, current mechanical test devices tend to be somewhat simplistic and fail to e...

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Main Author: Jones, James A.
Published: Loughborough University 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.654769