Title :
A single motor actuated miniature steerable jumping robot
Author :
Zhao, Jianguo ; Xi, Ning ; Cintrón, Fernando J. ; Mutka, Matt W. ; Xiao, Li
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA
Abstract :
This paper together with the accompanied video presents our improved single motor actuated miniature jumping robot. The robot has a maximum size 6.5 centimeter and a mass 23.5 gram. It can jump towards a desired direction and jump continuously. With a take-off angle 75°, the average jumping height is 0.9 meter. In the video, the detailed robot design is illustrated, and experiments in various situations are presented. These scenarios suggest potential applications of such miniature jumping robots such as surveillance, environmental monitoring, or locomotion in environments with obstacles.
Keywords :
legged locomotion; steering systems; environmental monitoring; locomotion; motor actuated miniature steerable jumping robot; robot design; size 0.9 m; size 6.5 cm; surveillance; DC motors; Gears; Legged locomotion; Robot sensing systems; Springs; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vilamoura
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1737-5
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.2012.6386293
