A springy pendulum could describe the swing leg kinetics of human walking Hyunggwi Song, Heewon Park, Sukyung Park Jnl Biomechanics; in press Quote: The dynamics of human walking during various walking conditions could be qualitatively captured by the springy legged dynamics, which have been used as a theoretical framework for bipedal robotics applications.
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A springy pendulum could describe the swing leg kinetics of human walking