ArticleRoyal Society open science2023
Walking like a robot: do the ground reaction forces still intersect near one point when humans imitate a humanoid robot?
Article in Royal Society open science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- A Full-Body Motion Capture Gait Dataset of Healthy Young Adults Walking Ramps Up and Down.Scientific data · 2026Article
- Exploring the control of whole-body angular momentum in young and elderly based on the virtual pivot point concept.Royal Society open science · 2024Article
- The virtual pivot point concept improves predictions of ground reaction forces.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Walking like a robot: do the ground reaction forces still intersect near one point when humans imitate a humanoid robot?Royal Society open science · 2023Article
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Abstract
Bipedal walking while keeping the upper body upright is a complex task. One strategy to cope with this task is to direct the ground reaction forces toward a point above the centre of mass of the whole body, called virtual pivot point (VPP). This behaviour could be observed in various experimental studies for human and animal walking, but not for the humanoid robot LOLA. The question arose whether humans still show a VPP when walking like LOLA. For this purpose, ten participants imitated LOLA in speed, posture, and mass distribution (LOLA-like walking). It could be found that humans do not differ from LOLA in spatio-temporal parameters for the LOLA-like walking, in contrast to upright walking with preferred speed. Eight of the participants show a VPP in all conditions (
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