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RAS
2006
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13 years 7 months ago
Reinforcement learning for quasi-passive dynamic walking of an unstable biped robot
A class of biped locomotion called Passive Dynamic Walking (PDW) has been recognized to be efficient in energy consumption and a key to understand human walking. Although PDW is s...
Kentarou Hitomi, Tomohiro Shibata, Yutaka Nakamura...
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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14 years 1 months ago
Design of an Autonomous Jumping Microrobot
– This paper presents the design and initial results for an autonomous jumping microrobot. At the millimeter size scale, jumping can offer numerous advantages for efficient locom...
Sarah Bergbreiter, Kristofer S. J. Pister
ICRA
2006
IEEE
166views Robotics» more  ICRA 2006»
14 years 1 months ago
Analysis, Design and Control of a Planar Micro-robot Driven by two Centripetal-force Actuators
– This paper presents the motion analysis, design and position control of a novel, low cost, sliding micro-robot, which is actuated by centripetal forces generated by robot mount...
P. Vartholomeos, Evangelos Papadopoulos
HAPTICS
2007
IEEE
13 years 7 months ago
A Hybrid Actuation Approach for Haptic Devices
This paper presents a new actuation approach which combines the use of brakes, springs and mini motors to produce a safer and more energy efficient way to drive haptic devices. Th...
François Conti, Oussama Khatib, Charles Bau...
ICRA
1998
IEEE
98views Robotics» more  ICRA 1998»
13 years 11 months ago
The Bow Leg Hopping Robot
The bow leg hopper is a novel locomotor design with a highly resilient leg that resembles an archer's bow. During flight, a "thrust" actuator adds elastic energy to...
Ben Brown, Garth Zeglin