The SAHR setup–controlling hopping speed and height using a single actuatorFootnote¹

1. This work is co-funded by public funds (European Social Fund 80% and General Secretariat for Research and Technology 20%) and private funds (Zenon S.A), within measure 8.3 of Op.Pr.Comp., 3rd CSP - PENED 2003.

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