DocumentCode
2599667
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
fYear
2012
fDate
7-12 Oct. 2012
Firstpage
4274
Lastpage
4275
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location
Vilamoura
ISSN
2153-0858
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1737-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IROS.2012.6386293
Filename
6386293
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