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Publications

J. Larsen, K. Stoy, D. Brandt, S. Grimmer and M. Gross, Systematic, bottom-up robot design using a biomechanical experimental methodology, 15th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technology for Mobile Machines, USA, July 23-26, 2012, submitted.

K. Karakasiliotis, K. D’Aout, P. Aerts, A. Ijspeert, Locomotion studies and modeling of the long-tailed lizard Takydromus sexlineatus, IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, Roma, Italy , June 24-28, 2012, submitted.

S. Bonardi, R. Moeckel, A. Sproewitz, M. Vespignani, A. Ijspeert, Locomotion through Reconfiguration based on Motor Primitives for Roombots Self-Reconfigurable Modular Robots, 7th German Conference on Robotics, Munich, Germany, May 21-22, 2012, submitted.

S. Pouya, M. Ajalooeian, A. JIjspeert, A closed-loop optimal control approach for online control of a planar monopod hopper, 15th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technology for Mobile Machines, USA, July 23-26, 2012, submitted.

F. I. Sheikh, Q. H. Vu, H. Hauser, L. Aryananda, R. Pfeifer, SLIP-Model-Compatible and Bio-inspired Robotic Leg with Reconfigurable Length, The 5th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM2011), Japan, 2011.

Q. H. Vu, R. Gilles, F. Casanova, L. Aryananda, M. Hoffmann, F. I. Sheikh, H. Hauser, Gait Versatility through Morphological Changes in a New Quadruped Robot , The 5th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM2011), Japan, 2011.

H. Sumioka, H. Hauser, R. Pfeifer, Computation with mechanically coupled springs for compliant robots , The IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2011.

H. Hauser, G. Griesbacher, Moving a Robot Arm by Exploiting its Complex Compliant Morphology, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Morphological Computation, 2011.

S. Pouya, R. Moeckel, F. Peuker, A. Ijspeert, A. Seyfarth, Stability Augmentation of SLIP-like Legged Locomotion Exploiting Hip Actuation, 14th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots, Paris, 2011.

K. Larpin, S. Pouya, J. van den Kieboom, A. Ijspeert, Co-evolution of Morphology and Control of Virtual Legged Robots for the Steering Task, IEEE International conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (IEEE ROBIO), Phuket, Thailand, 2011.

S. Pouya, E. Aydin, R. Moeckel. A. Ijspeert, Control Architecture for Generating Locomotion Patterns for Robots with Different Morphologies, The European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition, Poster session, Budapest, May 2011.

H. M. Maus, A. Seyfarth, S. Grimmer, Combining forces and kinematics for calculating consistent centre of mass trajectories, Journal of Experimental Biology, 214 (21): 3511-3517, 2011. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.057422.

F. Peuker, A. Seyfarth, Der Einfluss von Beinmasse auf die Stabilität des Rennens im Masse-Feder-Modell, Proceedings of the German Association of Sports Science (dvs-Schriftenreihe), dvs-Jahrestagung Sektion Biomechanik (Contribution as poster), Germany, 2011.

M. Lenk, S. Grimmer, A. Seyfarth, Simulated injury – constrained knee joint does not effect leg dynamics in walking, In: Van Sint Jan S, Feipel V, Aerenhouts D et al. (2011) XXIIIrd congress of the International Society of Biomechanics - ISB2011 Conference book. ISBN 9789090260198. pp 164-165.

K. Stoy, H. Kurokawa, Current Topics in Classic Self-reconfigurable Robot Research, Proceedings of the IROS Workshop on Reconfigurable Modular Robotics: Challenges of Mechatronic and Bio-Chemo-Hybrid Systems, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2011.

M.P.O. Cabrera, R.S. Trifonov, G.A. Castells, K. Stoy, Wireless Communication and Power Transfer in Modular Robots, Proceedings of the IROS Workshop on Reconfigurable Modular Robotics: Challenges of Mechatronic and Bio-Chemo-Hybrid Systems, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2011.

C. Maufroy, H.M. Maus, A. Seyfarth, Simplified control of upright walking by exploring asymmetric gaits induced by leg damping, in Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (IEEE-ROBIO 2011), Phuket, Thailand, Dec 7-11, 2011.

F. Peuker, S. Grimmer, S. Pouya, R. Moeckel, A. Ijspeert, and A. Seyfarth, Anchoring the SLIP model: The effect of leg mass on running stability, in Proceedings of The 5th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM2011), Awaji Island, Hyogo, Japan, Oct 11-14, 2011.

F. Peuker, D. Renjewski, M. Gross, S. Grimmer, and A. Seyfarth, Involuntary morphosis - modular simulation of limb damage in quadrupeds, in Proceedings of Dynamic Walking 2011, Jena, Germany, July 18-21, 2011.

J.C.Larsen, K. Stoy, LocoKit - A Construction Kit for Exploration of Morphology of Legged Robots, in Proceedings of The 5th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM2011).

J.C.Larsen, K. Stoy, Energy Efficiency of Robot Locomotion Increases Proportional to Weight (Extended Abstract), in Proceedings of The European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition (FET11).

Hung Vu Quy, Lijin Aryananda, Farrukh Iqbal Sheikh, Flurin Casanova, Rolf Pfeifer, A Novel Mechanism for Varying Stiffness Via Changing Transmission Angle, accepted for 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2011) on May in Shanghai, China

P. Zahadat, D.J. Christensen, S. Katebi and K. Stoy, Sensor-coupled Fractal Gene Regulatory Networks for Locomotion Control of a Modular Snake Robot, in Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2010. (in press)

P. Zahadat , D.J. Christensen, U.P. Schultz, S.D. Katebi, K. Stoy, Fractal Gene Regulatory Networks for Robust Locomotion Control of Modular Robots, in Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB2010), Paris, France, 2010.

D.J. Christensen, A. Sproewitz, A. J. Ijspeert, Distributed Online Learning of Central Pattern Generators in Modular Robots, in Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB2010), pp. 402-412, Paris, France, August 2010.

D.J. Christensen, U.P. Schultz, K. Stoy, A Distributed Strategy for Gait Adaptation in Modular Robots, in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2010), pp. 2765-2770, Anchorage, Alaska, May 2010.

J.C Larsen, R.F.M. Garcia, K. Stoy, Increased Versatility of Modular Robots through Layered Heterogeneity, in Proceedings of the ICRA Workshop on Modular Robots, State of the Art, Anchorage, Alaska, pp. 24-29, 2010.

M. Gross, A. Seyfarth. Strategies of three legged locomotion. Annual Main Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology 2010, June 30 - July 02, Prague, Czech Republic, 2010.

M. Gross, J. Rummel, A. Seyfarth. How to Achieve Stable Trotting? Dynamic Walking 2009, June 06-11, Vancouver, Canada, 2009.

M. Gross, J. Rummel. Swing-leg Strategies for Stable Dog Trotting. Annual Main Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology 2009, June 28 - July 01, Glasgow, Scotland, 2009.

S. Grimmer, P. Aerts, A. Seyfarth. Changes in Pedality: From Quadrupedal to Bipedal Locomotion in Humans (Manuscript submitted as part of Deliverable 4.1). In preparation, to be submitted for publication.

V. Q. Hung, L. Aryananda, R. Pfeifer. MESTRAN: A Mechanism for Varying Stiffness via Changing Transmission Angle. Submitted to Variable Impedance Actuator Workshop, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2010, organized by VIACTORS (FP7-ICT-2007.8.5 #231554).

A. Sproewitz, P. Laparde, S. Bonardi, M. Mayer, R. Moeckel, P. Murdy, A. J. Ijpeert. Roombots - Towards Decentralized Reconfiguration with Self-Reconfiguring Modular Robotic Metamodules. Proceedings of IEEE IROS2010, Taipei, Taiwan, October 18-22, 2010.

S. Peter, S. Grimmer, S.W. Lipfert, A. Seyfarth. Variable Joint Elasticities in Running, Autonome Mobile Systeme 2009, Dillmann R, Beyerer J, Stiller C, Zoellner JM, Gindele T (Eds.) Springer: 129-139, 2009.

S. Pouya, J. van den Kieboom, A. Sproewitz, A. J. Ijspeert. Automatic Gait Generation in Modular Robots: to Oscillate or to Rotate? that is the question. Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ IROS 2010, Taipei, Taiwan, October 18-22, 2010.

A. Sproewitz, S. Pouya, S. Bonardi, J. van den Kieboom, R. Moeckel, A. Billard, P. Dillenbourg, and A. J. Ijspeert. Roombots: Reconfigurable Robots for Adaptive Furniture, IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, special issue on "Evolutionary and developmental approaches to robotics", vol. 5, num. 3, p. 20-32, 2010.

P. Zahadat, D.J. Christensen, U.P. Schultz, S. Katebi, K. Stoy. Fractal gene regulatory networks for robust locomotion control of modular robots. In Proceedings, International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, (submitted), Paris, France, 2010.

J.A. Smith and J. Jivraj, Preliminary Energetics of Tripedal and Quadrupedal Gaits Using the GARP-4 Robot, Symposium on Brain, Body and Machine, Montreal, Canada, Nov. 2010

J.A. Smith and J. Jivraj, Analysis of Robotis Dynamixel AX-12+ Actuator Latencies, Symposium on Brain, Body and Machine, Montreal, Canada, Nov. 2010.