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Walking Machines

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Basics of Robotics

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The walking machine can be defined as “a technical device designed to perform functions similar to the locomotion of animals and insects. The locomotion of the walking machine is of the discrete type and may be performed using one, two, three, four, six, eight and more legs — pedipulators — to walk, run and jump over a hard surface” [17.3].

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Morecki, A., Knapczyk, J. (1999). Walking Machines. In: Morecki, A., Knapczyk, J. (eds) Basics of Robotics. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 402. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2532-8_17

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