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ICRA
2010
IEEE
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13 years 3 months ago
Peristaltic locomotion with antagonistic actuators in soft robotics
— This paper presents a soft robotic platform that exhibits peristaltic locomotion. The design principle is based on the unique antagonistic arrangement of radial/circular and lo...
Sangok Seok, Cagdas Denizel Onal, Robert J. Wood, ...
ICRA
2002
IEEE
125views Robotics» more  ICRA 2002»
13 years 9 months ago
Development of a Peristaltic Endoscope
A device that could locomote through curving and tortuous spaces would find many applications in medicine and in industry. Invertebrates such as earthworms and leeches can solve t...
Elizabeth V. Mangan, Daniel A. Kingsley, Roger D. ...
IROS
2008
IEEE
129views Robotics» more  IROS 2008»
13 years 11 months ago
Gait transition by tuning muscle tones using pneumatic actuators in quadruped locomotion
— The development of an oscillator controller for a quadruped robot with antagonistic pairs of pneumatic actuators is reported. Periodic motions of the legs switch between the sw...
Katsuyoshi Tsujita, Toshiya Kobayashi, Takashi Ino...
IROS
2007
IEEE
142views Robotics» more  IROS 2007»
13 years 11 months ago
Controlling walking behavior of passive dynamic walker utilizing passive joint compliance
Abstract— The passive dynamic walker (PDW) has a remarkable characteristic that it realizes cyclic locomotion without planning the joint trajectories. However, it cannot control ...
Takashi Takuma, Koh Hosoda