Modeling and simulation of the human-like two-armed jumping robot

The jumping procedure of the human was captured with a high-speed video camera. The geometrical configurations and motion postures of the human during jumping were analyzed from the high-speed photographs. By biological observation and kinematic analysis, the human jump was divided into stance phase, flight phase and land phase. The role of arm motion to the performance of the human during jumping was investigated. The dynamic model of the jumping robot was established by the technology of virtual prototype. The displacement, velocity, acceleration and spring force of the robot during jumping were analyzed. The results would provide some theoretical and practical references for biomimetic design for improving the reasonable motion of the jumping robot. This work may provide the basic theory in developing human-like jumping robot in structural design. Besides, it provides an important reference to study the other bionic robots.