Simplest Locomotion Model
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Biped
Biped
Quadruped
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Body has 2 planar degrees of freedom
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x, z
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mass
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4 massless legs
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freely rotating hip joint
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prismatic leg joint - damped linear spring
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3 parameters per leg
6 parameters to tune, assuming symmetry
Intro
Biomimesis
Design
Analysis
Conclusions