4 accepted papers
To implement successful bipedal locomotion in a robot, its center of pressure (CoP) is placed on a supporting area. To achieve locomotion, many studies have focused on the lower body. Given that the human upper body has a large mass and its behavior influences locomotion even in the case of the robo…
Passive dynamic walking is a model that walks down a shallow slope without any control or input. This model has been widely used to investigate how stable walking is generated from a dynamic viewpoint, which is useful to provide design principles for developing energy-efficient biped robots. However…
Body flexibility plays an important role in the bounding gait of quadruped animals. In a previous study, we investigated the effects of body flexibility on foot loading by comparing two different physical models, with and without a flexible body-joint. Testing both models with equal mechanical energ
It is important to understand the mechanism of human standing-up motion to improve the declined physical ability of the elderly people. This study employs the concept of muscle synergies (modular structure of coordinative muscle activation) to understand how humans coordinate their muscles to achiev…