From Human Walking to Bipedal Robot Locomotion: Reflex Inspired Compensation on Expected and Unexpected Downsteps

Humans and other biological bipedal walkers are extraordinarily agile and robust. This is especially apparent when certain features of the environment are unknown such as unexpected downsteps (for example, suddenly walking off the side-walk or not expecting the last stair when descending). Humans can negotiate these downsteps ---both expected...