Locomotion Beyond Feet

TH Yang, H Shi, J Hu, Z Zhang, D Jiang… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2026 - arxiv.org
Most locomotion methods for humanoid robots focus on leg-based gaits, yet natural bipeds …
Locomotion Beyond Feet, a comprehensive system for whole-body humanoid locomotion

Beneath our feet: strategies for locomotion in granular media

AE Hosoi, DI Goldman - Annual review of fluid mechanics, 2015 - annualreviews.org
… In partially saturated systems, surface tension may supply a cohesive force between grains,
adding additional complexities that are beyond the scope of this review (see the sidebar …

Fundamental subfunctions of locomotion

MA Sharbafi, D Lee, T Kiemel, A Seyfarth - Bioinspired Legged Locomotion, 2017 - Elsevier
locomotion. Inspired from template models explaining biological locomotory systems and
legged robots, we define three basic locomotor … Basic analysis on human locomotion using …

Biological aspects of locomotion

T Zielinska - Walking: biological and technological aspects, 2004 - Springer
Since antiquity people have been fascinated by legged locomotion. This fascination has
been reflected in mythology. According to the books of Iliad, written by Homer (VIII BC), one of …

The dynamics of legged locomotion: Models, analyses, and challenges

P Holmes, RJ Full, D Koditschek, J Guckenheimer - SIAM review, 2006 - SIAM
foot-contact forces in section 2.3). Nonetheless, even at the simplest level, legged locomotion
… , flight, and swimming, going considerably beyond the scope of this article. We cite other …

The functional importance of human foot muscles for bipedal locomotion

DJ Farris, LA Kelly, AG Cresswell… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - pnas.org
… Recent work suggests that muscles within our feet are key to how the foot functions during
… of these foot muscles in supporting the mechanical performance of the human foot. Contrary …

The development of the human foot as an organ of locomotion

LV Wolff - American Journal of Diseases of Children, 1929 - jamanetwork.com
foot function in children or adults. Despite the increasing substitution of other means of
locomotion for walking, the importance of the human foot … sometimes be seen beyond the ends of …

Ground reference points in legged locomotion: Definitions, biological trajectories and control implications

MB Popovic, A Goswami, H Herr - The international journal …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
… of foot rotation, we hypothesize that the FRI will closely track the ZMP in early single support
when the foot … onto the ground extends beyond the boundaries of the foot as a result of a …

[BOOK][B] On foot: A history of walking

J Amato - 2004 - books.google.com
locomotion, that singular system of movement that amounts to going forward by falling from
foot to foot… The entire army, marched beyond its limits, was reduced to foot travel, as defeated …

Biomechanical and physiological aspects of legged locomotion in humans

F Saibene, AE Minetti - European journal of applied physiology, 2003 - Springer
… The timing of the events in the cycles are different, the stance of each foot being longer in …
at least one foot on the ground, in running there is a period during which both feet are off the …