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ICRA
2006
IEEE
256views Robotics» more  ICRA 2006»
13 years 11 months ago
An Ankle-foot Emulation System for the Study of Human Walking Biomechanics
– Although below-knee prostheses have been commercially available for some time, today’s devices are completely passive, and consequently, their mechanical properties remain fi...
Samuel K. Au, Peter Dilworth, Hugh M. Herr
ICRA
2003
IEEE
130views Robotics» more  ICRA 2003»
13 years 11 months ago
Design of a redundantly actuated leg mechanism
− In humanoid robot system, many human-body motions such as walking, running, jumping, etc require large power. To achieve a high power-to-weight ratio, this paper proposes a new...
Byung Rok So, Byung-Ju Yi, Whee Kuk Kim, Sang-Rok ...
TROB
2008
126views more  TROB 2008»
13 years 5 months ago
Online Optimization of Swimming and Crawling in an Amphibious Snake Robot
An important problem in the control of locomotion of robots with multiple degrees of freedom (e.g., biomimetic robots) is to adapt the locomotor patterns to the properties of the e...
Alessandro Crespi, Auke Jan Ijspeert
ICRA
2003
IEEE
156views Robotics» more  ICRA 2003»
13 years 11 months ago
Wet Shape Memory Alloy Actuators for Active Vasculated Robotic Flesh
− A new type of actuator is presented where Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) wires are embedded within artificial “blood vessels.” Fluid flowing through vessels allows the SMA wires ...
Stephen A. Mascaro, H. Harry Asada
ICRA
2009
IEEE
151views Robotics» more  ICRA 2009»
14 years 8 days ago
A framework for modeling steady turning of robotic fish
— In this paper we present a novel framework for computing the steady turning motion of a robotic fish undergoing periodic body and/or tail deformation. Taking the turning radiu...
Qingsong Hu, Dawn R. Hedgepeth, Lihong Xu, Xiaobo ...