Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 April 2011
This work presents biologically inspired method of gait generation. It uses the reference to the periodic signals generated by biological central pattern generator. The coupled oscillators with correction functions are used to produce leg joint trajectories. The human gait is the reference pattern. The features of generated gait are compared to the human walk. The spring-loaded foot design is presented together with experimental results.
This paper was originally submitted under the auspices of the CLAWAR Association. It is an extension of work presented at CLAWAR 2009: the 12th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, Istanbul, Turkey.