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walking (continued) Hirose’s work on 104 wheels, v. walking 36–37
by insects 92 method of 107 Whitehead, Alfred North
key aspects of 104 prototypes of 106–107 5
momentum in 111–113 by Sony 108–109 Wiener, Norbert xvii,
with prosthetic legs systems of 40–41 1–21, 2
104 tasks performed by “Wiener Walks” 7
with robotic extensions 107 women in robotics 127
46 university research in World War I 5
simulating motion in 111–113 World War II 6–8, 23
42 Warwick’s work on
v. wheels 36–37 152–154 Y
Wiener on 4 Walter (robot) 152–153 yaw motion 41
“Wiener Walks” 7 Walter, Grey 14–15, 15, Yoshino, Hiroyuki 112
walking robots 36–49 86
applications of 46 Ward, Peter 70 Z
Brooks’s work on warfare 1. See also World zero momentum point
92–93 War I; World War II (ZMP) control 105–106,
chronology 47–48 Warwick, Kevin xx, 148– 108–109
control systems of 165, 149 zoology, Wiener in 4
105–106 weight, in space probe
falling by 109 design 69
first generation of 38 wheelchair 151–152, 159