The design of an anthropomorphic dexterous humanoid foot

The human foot serves three main functions; adapts to contours of ground, absorbs shock impacts and stores and releases energy. Despite significant development of humanoid robots the foot has seen little research and as a result most bipeds do not walk in a humanlike manner. In this work a study of...

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Published in2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems pp. 2200 - 2205
Main Authors Davis, S, Caldwell, D G
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.10.2010
Subjects
Bones
Foot
Force
Humans
Joints
Materials
Robots
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ISBN9781424466740
1424466741
ISSN2153-0858
DOI10.1109/IROS.2010.5649756

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Summary:The human foot serves three main functions; adapts to contours of ground, absorbs shock impacts and stores and releases energy. Despite significant development of humanoid robots the foot has seen little research and as a result most bipeds do not walk in a humanlike manner. In this work a study of the human foot is conducted to determine how each of these is achieved. The paper then describes the design, construction and testing of a fully articulated humanoid foot which has the same functionality as the human foot.
ISBN:9781424466740
1424466741
ISSN:2153-0858
DOI:10.1109/IROS.2010.5649756