General description of the walking machine project
Name of the walking machine/project: Pearl Rover Begin and end of the Project: April 1996 - October 1999 Project costs: Building effort [person years]: 12 Source of financial support:HK4.3 million (US600,000) Research group Pearl Technologies Ltd Staff of the project: Robin Sarah Bradbeer, Lam F Yeung Stephen O Harrold, Michael Mould Danny Ho Information via www: http://www.ee.cityu.edu.hk/~cpelab/Pearltech/Default.html Contact address: Robin Sarah Bradbeer, Dept of Electronic Engineerin, City University of Hong Kong 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Tel. 2788 7199; Fax. 2788 7791 , Email: eersbrad@cityu.edu.hk Technical data of the walking machine Dimension Capacity Mobility Energy supply Length 1.5.m Max. speed 1m/s Number of legs 6 Energy supply Hydraulic (oil or water) Hight 0.6m Weight 45kg Act. degrees of freedom 18 Power supply 12v LiOn battery Width 0.4m Load Pas. degrees of freedom 12 Power consumption References Ho H W, Bing L and R Bradbeer, " The design of a hydraulically powered leg for an underwater six-legged robot", in Mechatronics and Machine Vision, (J Billingsley (Ed)), Research Studies Press, UK, pp 263-274, 2000 R Bradbeer, "The Pearl Rover underwater inspection robot". in Mechatronics and Machine Vision, (J Billingsley (Ed)), Research Studies Press, UK, pp 255-262, 2000 Li Bin, S 0 Harrold, R Bradbeer, and L F Leung, "An Underwater Acoustic Digital Communication Link", in Mechatronics and Machine Vision, (J Billingsley (Ed)), Research Studies Press, UK, pp 275-282, 2000 R Bradbeer, S Harrold, B L Luk, Li B, L F Yeung and Ho H W, "A mobile robot for inspection of liquid filled pipes", Workshop on Service Automation and Robotics, City University of Hong Kong, June 2000. back to main page of walking machines catalogue %
Research group
Pearl Technologies Ltd
Staff of the project:
Robin Sarah Bradbeer, Lam F Yeung Stephen O Harrold, Michael Mould Danny Ho
Information via www: http://www.ee.cityu.edu.hk/~cpelab/Pearltech/Default.html
Contact address:
Robin Sarah Bradbeer, Dept of Electronic Engineerin, City University of Hong Kong 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Tel. 2788 7199; Fax. 2788 7791 , Email: eersbrad@cityu.edu.hk
Technical data of the walking machine
References
Ho H W, Bing L and R Bradbeer, " The design of a hydraulically powered leg for an underwater six-legged robot", in Mechatronics and Machine Vision, (J Billingsley (Ed)), Research Studies Press, UK, pp 263-274, 2000
R Bradbeer, "The Pearl Rover underwater inspection robot". in Mechatronics and Machine Vision, (J Billingsley (Ed)), Research Studies Press, UK, pp 255-262, 2000
Li Bin, S 0 Harrold, R Bradbeer, and L F Leung, "An Underwater Acoustic Digital Communication Link", in Mechatronics and Machine Vision, (J Billingsley (Ed)), Research Studies Press, UK, pp 275-282, 2000
R Bradbeer, S Harrold, B L Luk, Li B, L F Yeung and Ho H W, "A mobile robot for inspection of liquid filled pipes", Workshop on Service Automation and Robotics, City University of Hong Kong, June 2000.
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