ICRA
1998
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
1998
IEEE
The bow leg hopper is a new design for a locomoting system with a resilient, flexible leg. It features a passive stance phase and natural pitch stability. It is controlled with ac...
ICRA
1998
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
1998
IEEE
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...
ICRA
2002
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
2002
IEEE
We describe a model-based height controller for a hopping robot with a pneumatically powered leg. The controller explicitly models variation in the leg angle and height. Using an ...