Polypod

 

General description of the walking machine project

Name of the walking machine/project: Polypod
Begin and end of the Project: 1992 - 1994
Project costs:
Building effort [person years]: 3
Source of financial support:

Research group

Stanford University, CS Robotics Lab, Palo Alto

Staff of the project:

Mark Yim

Information via www: http://robotics.stanford.edu/users/mark/polypod.html

Contact address:

Mark Yim, Stanford University, CS Robotics Lab
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Email: mark@robotics.stanford.edu

Technical data of the walking machine

Dimension Capacity Mobility Energy supply
Length 0.06m Max. speed Number of legs 4 Energy supply Gel Cell batteries onboard and offboard
Height 0.06m Weight Act. degrees of freedom 0 Power supply 12V DC
Width 0.06m Load Pas. degrees of freedom 0 Power consumption 70Watt

References

[Yim, 1993], [Yim, 1994], [Yim, 1995]

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