MAX (Mobile Autonomous heXapod)

 

General description of the walking machine project

Name of the walking machine/project:$MAX\; (Mobile\; Autonomous\; heXapod)$
Begin and end of the Project:$October\; 1993\; -\; October\; 1996$
Project costs:$$
Building effort [person years]:$3$
Source of financial support:$UK\; Engineering\; and\; Physical\; Science\; Research\; Council$

Research group

Mobile Robot Research Group, University of Salford

Staff of the project:

Dr. David P. Barnes
Dr. Javan B. Wardle

Information via www: http://www.salford.ac.uk/eee/staff/dpb/homepage.html

Contact address:

Dr. David P. Barnes, Dept. Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Salford,
The Crescent, Salford, Lancashire, UK, M5 4WT.
Tel: ++44 0161 745 5000, Fax: ++44 0161 745 5999, Email: d.p.barnes@eee.salford.ac.uk

Technical data of the walking machine

Dimension Capacity Mobility Energy supply

Length 0.3m Max. speed 0.1m/s Number of legs 6 Energy supply DC-servos

Hight 0.16m Weight 0.762kg Act. degrees of freedom 18 Power supply 5V DC

Width 0.3m Load 0.2kg Pas. degrees of freedom 0 Power consumption 15Watt

References

Please visit: http://www.salford.ac.uk/eee/staff/dpb/homepage.html
or
http://www.robotics.co.uk/

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