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