Bioinspired Legged Locomotion

Bioinspired Legged Locomotion explores the universe of Legged Robots bringing in perspectives from Engineering, Biology, Motion Science, and Medicine to provide a comprehensive overview of the field. With a consistent coverage, each chapter brings Outlines, Abstract, Introduction, Developments, and summary. The Editors invited the most prominent authors in each of the topics covered. The contents of the book can be grouped in three parts: - Bio-inspired locomotion concepts is where the editors present the subject with a thorough review of current literature, followed by a more detailed view of Bouncing, Swinging and Balancing, the three fundamental sub functions of locomotion. This part is closed with a presentation of conceptual models for locomotion. - Bio-inspired body design is the part of the book where the concepts of motion control, stability, efficiency and robustness are presented and discussed. The Morphology of legged robots follows this discussion including biped and quadruped designs. - High level control and applications discusses neuromuscular models and closes the book with examples of applications and a discussion on Performance, Efficiency and Robustness. At the end the Editors share their perspective on the future directions of the area. This book presents the state of the art knowledge in the subject using a structured and consistent approach helping researchers in both academia and industry to formulate a better understanding of Bioinspired legged robotic locomotion and quickly apply the concepts in research or products. Learn the state-of-the-art control approaches with biological relevanceUnderstand the principles of organization of biological locomotionLearn the organization of complex systems based on low-dimensional motion concepts/controlUse as guideline for future robots/assistive devices with legged architectureFollow the selective bibliography to the most relevant articles published