3 accepted papers
As a strategy to address the difficulties encountered when modeling and controlling a musculoskeletal system, we present a straightforward implementation of an autonomous decentralized motion control system in this paper; the system is inspired by the spinal reflex system of animals. We developed an…
The bodies of quadrupeds have very complex muscle-tendon structure. In particular, it is known that in the horse hindlimb, multiple joints in the leg are remarkably interlocked due to the muscle-tendon structure. Although the function of these interlocking mechanisms during standing has been investi…
In this paper, we propose a new kind of tripedal locomotion—namely, robotic walking with three legs. We develop a prototype robot, which we call Martian III, having three stretchable legs fixed to each other at the center of the body. Therefore the coxa (the hip joint) is completely fixed in this ro…