Biological jumping characteristic of the humanoid robot

The jumping procedure of the jumper in standing long jump was captured with a high-speed video camera. The geometrical configurations and motion postures of the jumper in standing long jump were analyzed from the high-speed photographs. By biological observation and kinematic analysis, the jumper jump was divided into stance phase, flight phase and land phase. Based on the observation, the jumping robot was simplified and a mechanical model was put forward. The angles of hip joint, knee joint and ankle joint were analyzed. These results would provide some theoretical and practical references for biomimetic design for improving the reasonable motion of the humanoid jumping robot. This work may provide the basic theory in developing humanoid jumping robot in structural design. Besides, it provides an important reference to study the other bionic robots.