Title
Jumping mini-robot as a model of scale effects on legged locomotion
Abstract
This paper presents a bio-inspired concept for an autonomous centimeter-scale robot for locomotion on un-even terrains. First, we discuss why legged locomotion can be more effective because of its high efficiency, low energy consumption and environmentally friendly operation. The choice of the optimal gait for the mini-robot is discussed according to its size. A small legged robot with some jumping mechanism can be efficient on compliant terrains, and this additional jumping function allows the robot to overcome obstacles several times higher than itself in a rough terrain. After that, a jumping robot named Grillo, our first prototype, is introduced. We also describe the electronic part of this robot, mainly focusing on control techniques exploited in the airborne phase.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1109/ROBIO.2007.4522274
Sanya
Keywords
Field
DocType
collision avoidance,legged locomotion,autonomous centimeter-scale robot,bioinspired concept,jumping minirobot,legged locomotion,rough terrain
Robot control,Jumping,Gait,Control theory,Simulation,Legged robot,Terrain,Control engineering,Robot locomotion,Engineering,Robot,Mobile robot
Conference
Volume
Issue
ISSN
null
null
null
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4244-1758-2
2
0.45
References 
Authors
14
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Umberto Scarfogliero1589.32
Fei Li220.45
Dajing Chen3132.41
Cesare Stefanini418845.66
Weiting Liu54010.08
Paolo Dario62017339.00