@conference {VSB11, title = {Embodying Desired Behavior in Variable Stiffness Actuators}, booktitle = {2011 Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control - IFAC 2011}, year = {2011}, month = {August 28 - Sept}, pages = {9733 - 9738}, address = {Milano, italy}, keywords = {Robotics}, author = {L. C. Visser and S. Stramigioli and A. Bicchi} }