Jumping: Learning from a simple robot

Drag the slider bar up and down to control the motor.

Press space to pause, b to brake. Built with Processing.js

All units in demo are standard metric mks units (except for small heights, in cm).

Parameters to Try

Parameters	Experimental Robot (Default)	Human*
Total Mass (kg)	1.1	78
% Rod Mass	5	20
Stiffness (N/m)	5760	28500
Damping (N s/m)	2.7	950
Gravity (m/s2)	2.5	9.8
Size	small (4 mm amplitude used in experiment)	large (based on leg length)

*Estimate, Li-Qun, Z., Dali, X., Makhsous, M., & Fang, L. (2000). STIFFNESS AND VISCOUS DAMPING OF THE HUMAN LEG. Conference Proceedings Of The Annual Meeting Of The American Society Of Biomechanics, 1.