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This chapter describes a computational architecture for coordinating the degrees of freedom of the humanoid robot iCub during bipedal standing, with particular reference to the Whole Body Reaching and the Functional Reach Test.
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Mohan, V., Zenzeri, J., Metta, G., Morasso, P. (2013). In Humanoid Robots, as in Humans, Bipedal Standing Should Come before Bipedal Walking: Implementing the Functional Reach Test. In: Mombaur, K., Berns, K. (eds) Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Bipedal Walking. Cognitive Systems Monographs, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36368-9_11
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