Alexander Badri-Spröwitz

According to our database, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz authored at least 61 papers between 2004 and 2025.

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2025

Special issue on embodied intelligence-understanding animal locomotion and its robotic implementations.

Poramate Manoonpong, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz, Dai Owaki

Adv. Robotics, January, 2025

2024

Passive knee flexion increases forward impulse of the trailing leg during the step-to-step transition.

Bernadett Kiss, Alexandra Buchmann, Daniel Renjewski, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz

CoRR, 2024

Bird-inspired tendon coupling improves paddling efficiency by shortening phase transition times.

Jianfeng Lin, Zhao Guo, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz

CoRR, 2024

2023

Upside down: affordable high-performance motion platform.

Nayan Man Singh Pradhan, Patrick Frank, An Mo, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz

CoRR, 2023

An Open-Source Modular Treadmill for Dynamic Force Measurement with Load Dependant Range Adjustment.

Alborz Aghamaleki Sarvestani, Felix Ruppert, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz

CoRR, 2023

Multi-segmented Adaptive Feet for Versatile Legged Locomotion in Natural Terrain.

Abhishek Chatterjee, An Mo, Bernadett Kiss, Emre Cemal Gönen, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2023

2022

BirdBot achieves energy-efficient gait with minimal control using avian-inspired leg clutching.

Alexander Badri-Spröwitz, Alborz Aghamaleki Sarvestani, Metin Sitti, Monica A. Daley

Sci. Robotics, 2022

Learning plastic matching of robot dynamics in closed-loop central pattern generators.

Felix Ruppert, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz

Nat. Mach. Intell., 2022

Virtual pivot point in human walking: always experimentally observed but simulations suggest it may not be necessary.

Lucas Schreff, Daniel F. B. Haeufle, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz, Johanna Vielemeyer, Roy Müller

CoRR, 2022

Slack-based tunable damping leads to a trade-off between robustness and efficiency in legged locomotion.

An Mo, Fabio Izzi, Emre Cemal Gönen, Daniel F. B. Haeufle, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz

CoRR, 2022

Investigation on a bipedal robot: Why do humans need both Soleus andGastrocnemius muscles for ankle push-off during walking?

Bernadett Kiss, Emre Cemal Gonen, An Mo, Alexandra Buchmann, Daniel Renjewski, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz

CoRR, 2022

Gastrocnemius and Power Amplifier Soleus Spring-Tendons Achieve Fast Human-like Walking in a Bipedal Robot.

Bernadett Kiss, Emre Cemal Gonen, An Mo, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz, Alexandra Buchmann, Daniel Renjewski

Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2022

Diaphragm Ankle Actuation for Efficient Series Elastic Legged Robot Hopping.

Marco Bolignari, An Mo, Marco Fontana, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz

Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2022

Power to the Springs: Passive Elements are Sufficient to Drive Push-Off in Human Walking.

Alexandra Buchmann, Bernadett Kiss, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz, Daniel Renjewski

Proceedings of the Robotics in Natural Settings, 2022

2021

Hybrid Parallel Compliance Allows Robots to Operate With Sensorimotor Delays and Low Control Frequencies.

Milad Shafiee-Ashtiani, Alborz Aghamaleki Sarvestani, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz

Frontiers Robotics AI, 2021

Hybrid leg compliance enables robots to operate with sensorimotor delays and low control update frequencies.

Milad Shafiee-Ashtiani, Alborz Aghamaleki Sarvestani, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz

CoRR, 2021

2020

An Open Torque-Controlled Modular Robot Architecture for Legged Locomotion Research.

Felix Grimminger, Avadesh Meduri, Majid Khadiv, Julian Viereck, Manuel Wüthrich, Maximilien Naveau, Vincent Berenz, Steve Heim, Felix Widmaier, Thomas Flayols, Jonathan Fiene, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz, Ludovic Righetti

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2020

Effective Viscous Damping Enables Morphological Computation in Legged Locomotion.

An Mo, Fabio Izzi, Daniel F. B. Haeufle, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz

Frontiers Robotics AI, 2020

A Control Method to Compensate Ground Level Changes for Running Bipedal Robots.

Özge Drama, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz

CoRR, 2020

Postural Stability in Human Running with Step-down Perturbations: An Experimental and Numerical Study.

Özge Drama, Johanna Vielemeyer, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz, Roy Muüller

CoRR, 2020

FootTile: a Rugged Foot Sensor for Force and Center of Pressure Sensing in Soft Terrain.

Felix Ruppert, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz

Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2020

2019

Beyond Basins of Attraction: Quantifying Robustness of Natural Dynamics.

Steve Heim, Alexander Spröwitz

IEEE Trans. Robotics, 2019

Series Elastic Behavior of Biarticular Muscle-Tendon Structure in a Robotic Leg.

Felix Ruppert, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz

Frontiers Neurorobotics, 2019

An Open Torque-Controlled Modular Robot Architecture for Legged Locomotion Research.

Felix Grimminger, Avadesh Meduri, Majid Khadiv, Julian Viereck, Manuel Wüthrich, Maximilien Naveau, Vincent Berenz, Steve Heim, Felix Widmaier, Jonathan Fiene, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz, Ludovic Righetti

CoRR, 2019

Trunk Pitch Oscillations to Improve Energetics in Bipedal Running Birds and Robots.

Özge Drama, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz

CoRR, 2019

Trunk Pitch Oscillations for Joint Load Redistribution in Humans and Humanoid Robots.

Özge Drama, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz

Proceedings of the 19th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2019

A Learnable Safety Measure.

Steve Heim, Alexander von Rohr, Sebastian Trimpe, Alexander Badri-Spröwitz

Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Conference on Robot Learning, 2019

2018

Oncilla Robot: A Versatile Open-Source Quadruped Research Robot With Compliant Pantograph Legs.

Alexander Spröwitz, Alexandre Tuleu, Mostafa Ajallooeian, Massimo Vespignani, Rico Möckel, Peter Eckert, Michiel D'Haene, Jonas Degrave, Arne Nordmann, Benjamin Schrauwen, Jochen J. Steil, Auke Jan Ijspeert

Frontiers Robotics AI, 2018

Beyond Basins of Attraction: Evaluating Robustness of Natural Dynamics.

Steve Heim, Alexander Spröwitz

CoRR, 2018

Oncilla robot: a versatile open-source quadruped research robot with compliant pantograph legs.

Alexander Spröwitz, Alexandre Tuleu, Mostafa Ajaoolleian, Massimo Vespignani, Rico Moeckel, Peter Eckert, Michiel D'Haene, Jonas Degrave, Arne Nordmann, Benjamin Schrauwen, Jochen J. Steil, Auke Jan Ijspeert

CoRR, 2018

Learning from outside the viability kernel: Why we should build robots that can fall with grace.

Steve Heim, Alexander Spröwitz

Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Simulation, 2018

Shaping in Practice: Training Wheels to Learn Fast Hopping Directly in Hardware.

Steve Heim, Felix Ruppert, Alborz A. Sarvestani, Alexander Spröwitz

Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2018

2017

Spinal joint compliance and actuation in a simulated bounding quadruped robot.

Soha Pouya, Mohammad Khodabakhsh, Alexander Spröwitz, Auke Jan Ijspeert

Auton. Robots, 2017

Scalable pneumatic and tendon driven robotic joint inspired by jumping spiders.

Alexander Spröwitz, Chantal Gottler, Ayush Sinha, Corentin Caer, Mehmet Ugur Ooztekin, Kirstin Petersen, Metin Sitti

Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2017

2016

ATRIAS: Design and validation of a tether-free 3D-capable spring-mass bipedal robot.

Christian Hubicki, Jesse Grimes, Mikhail S. Jones, Daniel Renjewski, Alexander Spröwitz, Andy Abate, Jonathan W. Hurst

Int. J. Robotics Res., 2016

2015

Exciting Engineered Passive Dynamics in a Bipedal Robot.

Daniel Renjewski, Alexander Spröwitz, Andrew Peekema, Mikhail S. Jones, Jonathan W. Hurst

IEEE Trans. Robotics, 2015

Comparing the effect of different spine and leg designs for a small bounding quadruped robot.

Peter Eckert, Alexander Spröwitz, Hartmut Witte, Auke Jan Ijspeert

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2015

2014

Roombots: A hardware perspective on 3D self-reconfiguration and locomotion with a homogeneous modular robot.

Alexander Spröwitz, Rico Moeckel, Massimo Vespignani, Stéphane Bonardi, Auke Jan Ijspeert

Robotics Auton. Syst., 2014

Kinematic primitives for walking and trotting gaits of a quadruped robot with compliant legs.

Alexander Spröwitz, Mostafa Ajallooeian, Alexandre Tuleu, Auke Jan Ijspeert

Frontiers Comput. Neurosci., 2014

Automatic generation of reduced CPG control networks for locomotion of arbitrary modular robot structures.

Stéphane Bonardi, Massimo Vespignani, Rico Moeckel, Jesse van den Kieboom, Soha Pouya, Alexander Sproewitz, Auke Jan Ijspeert

Proceedings of the Robotics: Science and Systems X, 2014

2013

Towards dynamic trot gait locomotion: Design, control, and experiments with Cheetah-cub, a compliant quadruped robot.

Alexander Spröwitz, Alexandre Tuleu, Massimo Vespignani, Mostafa Ajallooeian, Emilie Badri, Auke Jan Ijspeert

Int. J. Robotics Res., 2013

Horse-like walking, trotting, and galloping derived from kinematic Motion Primitives (kMPs) and their application to walk/trot transitions in a compliant quadruped robot.

Federico L. Moro, Alexander Spröwitz, Alexandre Tuleu, Massimo Vespignani, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Auke Jan Ijspeert, Darwin G. Caldwell

Biol. Cybern., 2013

Motor Control Adaptation to Changes in Robot Body Dynamics for a Complaint Quadruped Robot.

Soha Pouya, Peter Eckert, Alexander Sproewitz, Rico Moeckel, Auke Jan Ijspeert

Proceedings of the Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, 2013

Gait optimization for roombots modular robots - Matching simulation and reality.

Rico Moeckel, Yura N. Perov, Anh The Nguyen, Massimo Vespignani, Stéphane Bonardi, Soha Pouya, Alexander Sproewitz, Jesse van den Kieboom, Frédéric Wilhelm, Auke Jan Ijspeert

Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2013

Modular control of limit cycle locomotion over unperceived rough terrain.

Mostafa Ajallooeian, Sébastien Gay, Alexandre Tuleu, Alexander Spröwitz, Auke Jan Ijspeert

Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2013

Benefits of an active spine supported bounding locomotion with a small compliant quadruped robot.

Mahdi Khoramshahi, Alexander Spröwitz, Alexandre Tuleu, Majid Nili Ahmadabadi, Auke Jan Ijspeert

Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2013

Central Pattern Generators augmented with virtual model control for quadruped rough terrain locomotion.

Mostafa Ajallooeian, Soha Pouya, Alexander Sproewitz, Auke Jan Ijspeert

Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2013

2012

Locomotion through Reconfiguration based on Motor Primitives for Roombots Self-Reconfigurable Modular Robots.

Stéphane Bonardi, Rico Moeckel, Alexander Sproewitz, Massimo Vespignani, Auke Jan Ijspeert

Proceedings of the ROBOTIK 2012, 2012

Development of a minimalistic pneumatic quadruped robot for fast locomotion.

Kenichi Narioka, Andre Rosendo, Alexander Sproewitz, Koh Hosoda

Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2012

2010

Roombots: Reconfigurable Robots for Adaptive Furniture.

Alexander Spröwitz, Soha Pouya, Stéphane Bonardi, Jesse van den Kieboom, Rico Möckel, Aude Billard, Pierre Dillenbourg, Auke Jan Ijspeert

IEEE Comput. Intell. Mag., 2010

Distributed Online Learning of Central Pattern Generators in Modular Robots.

David Johan Christensen, Alexander Spröwitz, Auke Jan Ijspeert

Proceedings of the From Animals to Animats 11, 2010

Roombots - Towards decentralized reconfiguration with self-reconfiguring modular robotic metamodules.

Alexander Spröwitz, Philippe Laprade, Stéphane Bonardi, Mikaël Mayer, Rico Moeckel, Pierre-André Mudry, Auke Jan Ijspeert

Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2010

Automatic gait generation in modular robots: "to oscillate or to rotate; that is the question".

Soha Pouya, Jesse van den Kieboom, Alexander Spröwitz, Auke Jan Ijspeert

Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2010

2009

Graph signature for self-reconfiguration planning of modules with symmetry.

Masoud Asadpour, Mohammad Hassan Zokaei Ashtiani, Alexander Spröwitz, Auke Jan Ijspeert

Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2009

Roombots-mechanical design of self-reconfiguring modular robots for adaptive furniture.

Alexander Spröwitz, Aude Billard, Pierre Dillenbourg, Auke Jan Ijspeert

Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2009

2008

Learning to Move in Modular Robots using Central Pattern Generators and Online Optimization.

Alexander Spröwitz, Rico Moeckel, Jérôme Maye, Auke Jan Ijspeert

Int. J. Robotics Res., 2008

Graph signature for self-reconfiguration planning.

Masoud Asadpour, Alexander Spröwitz, Aude Billard, Pierre Dillenbourg, Auke Jan Ijspeert

Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2008

An active connection mechanism for modular self-reconfigurable robotic systems based on physical latching.

Alexander Spröwitz, Masoud Asadpour, Yvan Bourquin, Auke Jan Ijspeert

Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2008

2007

An easy to use bluetooth scatternet protocol for fast data exchange in wireless sensor networks and autonomous robots.

Rico Moeckel, Alexander Spröwitz, Jérôme Maye, Auke Jan Ijspeert

Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, October 29, 2007

2006

Passive compliance for a RC servo-controlled bouncing robot.

Friedrich Meyer, Alexander Spröwitz, Luc Berthouze

Adv. Robotics, 2006

2004

Simple and low-cost compliant leg-foot system.

Friedrich Meyer, Alexander Spröwitz, Max Lungarella, Luc Berthouze

Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Sendai, Japan, September 28, 2004