Musculoskeletal Simulation-based Study of Biped Locomotion

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Paper Abstract:
Researchers have hypothesized that animal locomotory patterns seen are consistent with the resonant frequencies endowed by their musculoskeletal structures. Further it is posited that systems succeed in minimizing their energy expenditure by moving at this resonant frequency. We choose to systematically study this hypothesis in the specific context of bipedal locomotion.

Researchers have sought to correlate the preferred strike frequency with the resonant frequencies of the model or used indirect measurement such as oxygen consumption, electromyography (EMG) to assess expended effort. In our study, we employed virtual prototyping with a capable musculoskeletal simulation model to study the same hypothesis. We benchmark against the available literature and demonstrate that valuable insights can be obtained that can complement the current knowledge-base in biped locomotion.

*This paper won the "Best Poster Award" at the conference.

Presented in IEEE BIOROB 2008 - The second IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics. Oct 19-22, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Website: http://www.ieee-biorob.org/index.php

Download the conference paper [PDF] from:
http://mechatronics.eng.buffalo.edu/publications/conference/LeeKrovi_OptimalG...

Download the Poster Presentation [PDF] from:
http://mechatronics.eng.buffalo.edu/publications/poster/LengFengLee_Krovi_Gai...

An earlier study done before this paper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0k34PyI280

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Acknowledgment:
1. AnyBody Technology.
Web: http://www.anybodytech.com/
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/anybodytech

2. AnyBody Research Group.
http://anybody.auc.dk/

3. Dr. Medler, website:
http://www.biology.buffalo.edu/dept/faculty/smedler/smedler.html

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Automation, Robotics, & Mechatronics Lab:
http://mechatronics.eng.buffalo.edu

More info:
http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/~llee3/

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