At the end of this course, students will
- Recall and use Newton-Euler and Lagrange methods for modeling mechanical systems and obtain equations of motion for such systems
- Simulate mathematical models of mechanical systems in a numerical environment and analyze results
- Recall and simulate models of wheeled locomotion systems, analyze and understand the results
- Recall and analyze kinematic models of legged locomotion, including zero-moment point based methods
- Recall and analyze passive dynamic walking models
- Recall and analyze spring-mass running systems
- Construct mathematical models of simple locomotory systems, design and implement software simulations for such systems and understand results from these simulations.