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Waldron, Kenneth John was born on February 11, 1943 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. Son of Edward Walter and Maurine Florence (Barrett) Waldron. came to the United States, 1965.
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What is 16 feet long, 10 feet high, weighs 6,000 pounds, has six legs, and can sprint at 8 mph and step over a 4 foot wall? The Adaptive Suspension Vehicle (ASV) described in this book. Machines That Walk provides the first in depth treatment of the "statically stable walking machine" theory employed in the design of the ASV, the most sophisticated, self contained, and practical walking machine being developed today. Under construction at Ohio State University, the automatically terrain adaptive ASV has one human operator, can carry a 500 pound payload and is expected to have better fuel economy and mobility than that of conventional wheeled and tracked vehicles in rough terrain. The development of the ASV is a milestone in robotics research, and Machines That Walk provides a wealth of research results in mobility, gait, static stability, leg design, and vertical geometry design. The authors' treatment of statically stable gait theory and actuator coordination is by far the most complete available.
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researcher Mechanical engineering educator
Waldron, Kenneth John was born on February 11, 1943 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. Son of Edward Walter and Maurine Florence (Barrett) Waldron. came to the United States, 1965.
BEngring., U. Sydney, 1964; M Engineering Science, U. Sydney, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1969.
Acting assistant professor, Stanford (California) U., 1968-1969; lecturer, senior lecturer, U. NSW, Sydney, 1969-1974; associate professor, U. Houston, 1974-1979; associate professor mechanic engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1979-1981; professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, since 1981; Nordholt professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, since 1984; department chairman mechanic engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, since 1993.
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Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (technical editor transactions Journal Mech. Design 1988-1992, Leonardoda Vinci award 1988, Mechanisms award 1990, Machine Design award 1994). Member Society Automotive Engineers (Ralph R. Teetor award 1977), American Society for Engineering Education.
Married Manjula Bhushan, July 3, 1968. Children: Andrew, Lalitha, Paul.