John Saunders, the first chancellor of UCSF, developed “six determinants” of this action, which was widely used until a 21st-century experiment disproved the idea that minimizing COM displacement is energetically favorable. A genetic algorithm was used to obtain the 13 “holy numbers” used in Jansen’s linkage, an efficient mechanism for this action. Tad McGeer's “passive-dynamic” model of this action is underactuated, as opposed to the zero moment point method used in Honda's Asimo. The IHMC lab in Pensacola partnered with (*) Boston Dynamics to help Atlas perform this action more naturally. The inverted pendulum is often used to model the biomechanics of this action, which alternates between single-support and double-support phases. For 10 points, name this action that occurs in a slow, shuffling manner in Parkinson's patients. ■END■
ANSWER: walking [accept gait; prompt on motion or motility or mobility or movement or synonyms] (The Jansen linkage was invented by Theo Jansen, creator of the Strandbeest walking sculptures.)
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