Delft Pneumatic Bipeds / Edition 1

by Martjin Wisse, Richard Q. van der Linde

Overview

Walking is simple for most of us, but two-legged robots (bipeds) are often slow, complex, inefficient, heavy, and have robotic-looking motions. What makes human walking so graceful? Can this be replicated with human-like robots?

Martijn Wisse and Richard Q. van der Linde provide a detailed description of their research on pneumatic biped robots at the Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. The book covers the basic theory - passive dynamic walking - and explains the implementation of pneumatic McKibben muscles in a series of successful prototypes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540728078
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	08/17/2007
Series:	Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics , #34
Edition description:	2007
Pages:	140
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Passive Dynamic Walking.- Baps; Pneumatic Actuation.- Mike; How to Keep from Falling Forward.- Max; Adding the Upper Body.- Denise; Sideways Stability.- Discussion and Future Research Directions.