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dc.creatorPlayter, Robert-
dc.date2004-10-20T20:27:42Z-
dc.date2004-10-20T20:27:42Z-
dc.date1995-03-01-
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-09T02:48:08Z-
dc.date.available2013-10-09T02:48:08Z-
dc.date.issued2013-10-09-
dc.identifierAITR-1504-
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/7059-
dc.identifier.urihttp://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/1721-
dc.descriptionThe control of aerial gymnastic maneuvers is challenging because these maneuvers frequently involve complex rotational motion and because the performer has limited control of the maneuver during flight. A performer can influence a maneuver using a sequence of limb movements during flight. However, the same sequence may not produce reliable performances in the presence of off-nominal conditions. How do people compensate for variations in performance to reliably produce aerial maneuvers? In this report I explore the role that passive dynamic stability may play in making the performance of aerial maneuvers simple and reliable. I present a control strategy comprised of active and passive components for performing robot front somersaults in the laboratory. I show that passive dynamics can neutrally stabilize the layout somersault which involves an "inherently unstable" rotation about the intermediate principal axis. And I show that a strategy that uses open loop joint torques plus passive dynamics leads to more reliable 1 1/2 twisting front somersaults in simulation than a strategy that uses prescribed limb motion. Results are presented from laboratory experiments on gymnastic robots, from dynamic simulation of humans and robots, and from linear stability analyses of these systems.-
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dc.languageen_US-
dc.relationAITR-1504-
dc.titlePassive Dynamics in the Control of Gymnastic Maneuvers-
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