Variable stiffness actuators: The user’s point of view

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Int. J. Robotics Res.

• Publication date

  2015-05-01

• Fields of study

  Computer Science, Engineering

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  DOI 10.1177/0278364914566515
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