20th Annual Dynamic Walking Conference

The aim of this meeting, the 20th of an annual series, was to provide insight into the fundamental principles that underlie legged locomotion. Topics central to dynamic walking include energetics, stability and control, predictive principles and models, dynamic modeling, empirical data with a conceptual tie in, and robot successes and failures. Participants include both students and professors, with a mixture of researchers studying human or animal locomotion and those designing prosthetics, exoskeletons, or walking robots.

To promote open sharing of information, the meetings were organized to provide as much interaction between participants as possible. The format was highly informal and fluid, with a single track of presentations and extensive time scheduled for interaction, brainstorming, and idea sharing. The schedule included many hands-on tutorials and demonstrations of dynamic walking robots.