Enlarging regions of stable running with segmented legs

J Rummel, F Iida, JA Smith… - 2008 IEEE International …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In human and animal running spring-like leg behavior is found, and similar concepts have
been demonstrated by various robotic systems in the past. In general, a spring-mass model …

[PDF][PDF] Passive variable compliance for dynamic legged robots

KC Galloway - ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, 2010 - Citeseer
Recent developments in legged robotics have found that constant stiffness passive
compliant legs are an effective mechanism for enabling dynamic locomotion. In spite of its …

Design, modelling and validation of hydraulic servo actuator with passive compliance for legged robots

Z Hua, X Rong, Y Li, Y Li, Y Sun, B Su - IEEE Access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The hydraulic driven legged robots walking on the ground always encounter impact forces
due to the contacts between feet and ground. Aiming to reduce the impact forces, a novel …

Variable speed running on kneed biped robot with underactuation degree two

Y Yi, Z Lin, G Yan - International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, 2014 - World Scientific
This paper presents control strategies for speed regulation on a running kneed biped with
underactuation degree two. The robot under consideration has passive compliant knees and …

Stable running on a kneed biped robot with only hip-joint actuation

Y Yi, Z Lin, G Yan - Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Passive dynamic locomotion is well-known for its fabulous advantages in energy efficiency.
In this paper we focus on the level passive running problem of a kneed biped. The knee …