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Jonathan W Hurst
PhD Student

Associated center: CFR

Email address: jhurst@cmu.edu

Mailing address:
Carnegie Mellon University
Robotics Institute
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

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My interest is in controlled, highly dynamic systems; robots that move swiftly and require careful mechanical design due to limitations on the inertia of the system and the speed of computer control.

My primary project and goal is to build a bipedal robot. This robot will be untethered, and capable of walking as well as running and jumping. I am specifically interested in creating a mechanism that has the correct physical properties for energy-efficiency and passive dynamics while walking and running.

This section last updated - May 2006.

actuators, control, legged locomotion, and mechanisms

• Microdynamic Systems Laboratory - Exploring the limits of robotics in terms of speed, precision, dexterity and miniaturization.

• Actuator with Mechanically Adjustable Series Compliance - We are developing actuation methods for highly dynamic legged locomotion.
• The Electric Cable Differential (ECD) Leg - We are designing a bipedal robot to be capable of running, walking, jumping, hopping, and generally behaving in a highly dynamic manner.

Note: This list may not be comprehensive. It contains only those publications in the RI publications database. Entries are listed in reverse chronological order.

• A Policy for Open-Loop Attenuation of Disturbance Effects Caused by Uncertain Ground Properties in Running
  J.W. Hurst, B. Morris, J. Chestnutt, and A. Rizzi
  IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation, April, 2007. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [162 KB], ps.gz [128 KB] copyrighted

• Design and Philosophy of the BiMASC, a Highly Dynamic Biped
  J.W. Hurst, J. Chestnutt, and A. Rizzi
  IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation, April, 2007. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [386 KB], ps.gz [928 KB] copyrighted

• Physically Variable Compliance in Running
  J.W. Hurst and A. Rizzi
  CLAWAR, SPRINGER-VERLAG, www.springeronline.com, September, 2004. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [118 KB], ps.gz [155 KB] copyrighted

• An Actuator with Physically Variable Stiffness for Highly Dynamic Legged Locomotion
  J.W. Hurst, J. Chestnutt, and A. Rizzi
  Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 5, May, 2004, pp. 4662 - 4667. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [758 KB] copyrighted

• An Actuator with Mechanically Adjustable Series Compliance
  J.W. Hurst, J. Chestnutt, and A. Rizzi
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-04-24, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, April, 2004. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [663 KB], ps.gz [856 KB] copyrighted