Some of the machines below also have videos.
A 3-D passive-dynamic walking robot with two legs and knees.
Collins, SH, Wisse, M, Ruina, A, IJRR In press April 2001. pdf(1meg)
(Zip file with 7 accompanying
videos: 34 meg)
Persistent Passive Hopping and Juggling is Possible Even With Plastic
Collisions
Chatterjee, A., Pratap, R, Reddy, CK, Ruina, A.
The International Journal of Robotics Research 21, no. 7 (2002): 621-634
pdf(300k)
Multiple walking speed-frequency relations are predicted by constrained
optimization .
Bertram, JEA, Ruina, A, J. of Theor. Biology, 209,445-453, 2001. pdf(160k)
The Simplest Walking Model: Stability, Complexity, and Scaling.
ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 120 No. 2 pp. 281 - 288,
April 1998.
pdf (260k) ps
(1.8meg) ps.Z
(840k)
Gomes version, Sharma version
An Uncontrolled Toy That Can Walk But Cannot Stand Still.
Coleman, M, Ruina, A, Physical Review Letters April 1998, Vol 80, Issue
16 pp. 3658 - 3661.
pdf (140k)
ps (340) ps.Z
(140k) Or download the pdf reprint from
the PRL website.
This paper describes how to build a 3D Tinkertoy walking model. To build
your own, (1) Go to http://www.amazon.com/ (2) Search for Tinkertoy King
Size (3) Click on TInkertoy King Size (122 Pieces). The green hinges are
now purple.
Prediction of Stable Walking for a Toy That Cannot Stand Still
Mombauer, K., Coleman, M., Garcia, M., Ruina, A., 2001. Physical Review
E, Volume 64, Issue 2, August. pdf
(120K)
Efficiency, speed, and scaling of two-dimensional passive-dynamic walking.
Garcia, M., Chatterjee, A, Ruina, A., 2000, Dynamics and Stability of Sytems,v15
No 2 Page: 75-99
pdf (480k)
ps
(2600k) ps.Z
(930k)
Small Slope Implies Low Speed In Passive Dynamic Walking.
Chatterjee, A, Garcia, M, 2000, Dynamics and Stability of Sytems, v15 No
2 Page: 139-157.
pdf (240k) ps
(1001k) ps.Z
(430k)
A force analysis system for brachiation.
Chang, Y-H, Bertram, JEA, Ruina, R, J. Exp. Biol. 200:
3013-3020, 1997
pdf (310k) ps
(1.2meg) ps.Z
(460k)
1997 NSF Proposal Excerpts: Passive nonlinear-dynamic study of walking ---
simulation, analysis, and experiment
pdf (290k) ps
(620k) .ps.Z
(290k)
Conference Papers (mostly subsumed by papers above)
Euromech Conference on Biology and Technology of Walking in Munich, Germany, March 1998. Like the proposal, it is an overview of our work and results to that date in passive-dynamic walking. pdf (210k) ps.Z (1.2meg)
Speed, Efficiency, And Stability of Small-Slope 2D Passive-Dynamic Bipedal Walking.
Summary of results in the above paper for a 1998 ICRA special session on bipedal walking. In Proceedings of the 1998 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Leuven, Belgium. pdf (290k) ps (960k) ps.Z (340k)
Passive Dynamic Models of Human Gait.
Poster Abstract from Engineering Foundation Conference on Biomechanics and Neural Control of Human Movement, Mt. Sterling, Ohio, June 1-6, 1996. pdf (50k) .ps (70k) .ps.Z (30k)
Stability and Chaos in Passive-Dynamic Locomotion.
Poster and Presentation from the 1997 IUTAM Conference on new applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos in Mechanics. Cornell University, July 27-August 1, 1997. .pdf (280k) .ps (790k) .ps.Z (280k)
John Camp's Master of Engineering Project Report. 1997
detailing a computer study of a simple powering scheme to produce stable,
2D, straight- legged walking on level ground. August .pdf
(110k) ps (220k) ps.Z
(100k)
Mariano Garcia's PhD Thesis, 1998
Prologue
PS Prologue (4meg) PDF
Prologue (1.5meg)
Introduction PS
Chapter 1 (500k) PDF
Chapter 1 (140k)
Methods, Details PS
Chapter 2 (10meg) PDF
Chapter 2 (500k)
Simplest Walker PS
Chapter 3 (1.8meg) PDF
Chapter 3 (350k)
More Complicated 2-D Walkers PS
Chapter 4 (3.3meg) PDF
Chapter 4 (600k)
3 -D Walkers PS
Chapter 5 (1.7meg) PDF
Chapter 5 (300k)
References
PS References (180l)
PDF
References (75k)
Mike Coleman's PhD Thesis, 1997
detailing a stability study of 3D passive walking, including work on 2D
and 3D rimless wheels.
.pdf (4.4meg)
ps (10meg)
ps.Z (3.5meg)
