Research of mammal bionic quadruped robots: A review

This paper focuses on the mammal bionic quadruped robots. The main challenge in this field is how to design the highly dynamical and high payload quadruped robots. This paper firstly introduces the history of bionic quadruped robots, particularly the landmark quadruped robots. Then the state-of-the art of drive mode for quadruped robots is reviewed. Subsequently, the development trend of quadruped robots is described. Based on the state-of-the art of quadruped robots, the technical difficulties of bionic quadruped robots are briefly reviewed. And the hydraulic quadruped robot developed in Shandong University is introduced. Finally, the summary and future work of the quadruped robots is given.