Quadrupedal Locomotion An Introduction to the Control of Four-legged Robots /

• Main Authors: Gonzalez de Santos, Pablo (Author), Garcia, Elena (Author), Estremera, Joaquin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2006.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Automation.; Robotics and Automation.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).

Walking machines have advantages over traditional vehicles, and they have already succeeded in carrying out many tasks that wheeled or tracked robots cannot handle. Nevertheless, their use in industry and services is currently limited in scope. Quadrupedal Locomotion: An Introduction to the Control...

Table of Contents:

• Walking Measurements and Algorithms
• Walking Robots
• Stability in Walking Robots
• Generation of Periodic Gaits
• Generation of Non-periodic Gaits
• New Approaches to Stability
• Control Techniques
• Kinematics and Dynamics
• Improving Leg Speed by Soft Computing Techniques
• Virtual Sensors for Walking Robots
• Human-machine Interfaces
• The SILO4 Walking Robot
• Simulation Software for Walking Robots.