
Alexandre Anahory
Assistant Professor
Preprint. Instead of assuming perfect foot contact, this framework incorporates slipping directly into a model of bipedal walking. Virtual nonholonomic constraints regulate stance-foot tangential velocity alongside the holonomic constraints that define the gait. The closed-loop model combines continuous motion with discrete impacts. A nonlinear feedback law enforces the constraints, while a Poincaré-map analysis characterizes stability of periodic walking. Numerical examples illustrate stabilization when slip occurs.

Assistant Professor
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