Robotics Lab 3 Robotic Locomotion Eleanor Roosevelt High School Chin-Sung Lin
Feb 23, 2016
Robotics Lab 3Robotic Locomotion
Eleanor Roosevelt High SchoolChin-Sung Lin
What is Locomotion?
Robotic locomotion is the study of how to design robot appendages and control mechanisms to allow robots to move fluidly and efficiently
Types of Locomotion
Wheeled
Legged
Tank-Treaded
Others Flying
Swimming
Rolling
Hopping
Snaking
CrawlingRobotic
Locomotion
Wheeled Locomotion
Bicycle
Double
Four
Others
Tricycle
Wheeled
Locomotion
Omni
Single
Double-Wheeled Locomotion
Double Wheeled Robot by Uppsala University, Sweden
Tricycle Locomotion
Tricycle by SMU
Four-Wheeled Locomotion
Stanley by Stanford University
Tank-Treaded Locomotion
Dr. Robot Jaguar Tracked Mobile Robot
Legged Locomotion
Tri-pedal
Bipedal
Hexapod
Others
Quadru-
pedal
Legged
Single
Single-Legged Locomotion
iHop Self-Balancing Pogo Stick
Bipedal Locomotion
Asimo by Honda Petman by Boston Dynamics
Hexapod Locomotion
A-Pod: An Ant Inspired Hexapod Robot
Hopping Locomotion
Sand Flea Jumping Robot by Boston Dynamics
Flying Locomotion
UAVBird
Flying
UAV Locomotion
Predator UAV by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
Swimming Locomotion
Robotic Fish by University of Essex
AquaPengiun by Festo
Crawling Locomotion
SoftWorm by Case Western Reserve University
Earthworm Soft Robot by MIT
Other Locomotion
New Robot by YOU
Lab 3 Robotic Locomotion
Assignment: Design, build, and demo a robot with a type of locomotion
chosen or created by your group Investigate the locomotion theory of your robot Present and report your findings
Demo & Presentation: Thursday, 10/18/2012 Lab Report: Wednesday, 10/16/2012