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A Brief History of Legged Robotics

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Technology Developments: the Role of Mechanism and Machine Science and IFToMM

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Research in the area of legged robotic systems has spanned almost the entire history of modern robotics. IFToMM has played a crucial role in this history by providing a channel of communication between East and West during the cold war period, and via its Technical Committee on Robotics in more recent years. In this chapter we have attempted an overview of what has become a vigorous field of research.

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The authors acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation grant number CMMI-0825364.

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  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Terman Engineering 521, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305-4021, USA

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Csonka, P.J., Waldron, K.J. (2011). A Brief History of Legged Robotics. In: Ceccarelli, M. (eds) Technology Developments: the Role of Mechanism and Machine Science and IFToMM. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1300-0_5

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