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It has long been the dream to build robots which could walk and run with ease. To date, the stance phase of walking robots has been characterized by the use of either straight, rigid legs, as is the case of passive walkers, or by the use of articulated, kinematically-driven legs. In contrast, the design of most hopping or running robots is based on compliant legs which exhibit quite natural behavior during locomotion.
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Seyfarth, A. et al. (2006). Running and Walking with Compliant Legs. In: Diehl, M., Mombaur, K. (eds) Fast Motions in Biomechanics and Robotics. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 340. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-36119-0_18
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