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IROS
2006
IEEE
15 years 3 months ago
2006
IEEE
— During a complete running stride, which involves significant periods of flight during which no legs are contacting the ground, a quadruped cannot employ static stability tech...
TROB
2008
14 years 9 months ago
2008
A nonsmooth (hybrid) 3-D mathematical model of a snake robot (without wheels) is developed and experimentally validated in this paper. The model is based on the framework of nonsmo...
TROB
2008
14 years 9 months ago
2008
Snakes utilize irregularities in the terrain, such as rocks and vegetation, for faster and more efficient locomotion. This motivates the development of snake robots that actively u...
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AR
2011
14 years 4 months ago
2011
People often use direct physical contact to guide a person to a desired location (e.g., leading a child by the hand) or to adjust a person’s posture for a task (e.g., a dance in...
JCC
2002
14 years 9 months ago
2002
: An optimization scheme for atomic cluster structures, based on exaggerating the importance of the gravitational force, is introduced. Results are presented for calculations on Le...