Legged Locomotion

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Kinematics and Dynamics

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Controls and Optimization

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• M Guilbert, PB Wieber, L Joly Optimal Trajectory Generation for Manipulator Robots under Thermal Constraints, 2006 IEEE/RSJ IEEE Xplore
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Mechatronics

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Grasping

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Sensors

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Calibration

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Misc

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