Robug III

 

General description of the walking machine project

Name of the walking machine/project:$ROBUG\; III\; -\; An\; Articulated\; Limb\; Climbing\; Robot$
Begin and end of the Project:$Jan\; 1993\; -\; Dec.\; 1995$
Project costs:$1M\; ecu$
Building effort [person years]:$13,5$
Source of financial support:$Financial\; support\; by\; the\; EC\; Teleman\; Scheme,\; Teleman\; 44$
Building effort [person years]:$about\; 50$

Research group

Portech Mobile Robotics Laboratory

Staff of the project:

Prof. A. Collie (director)
Dr. B.L. Luk
Mr. T.S. White
Mr. V. Piefort
Mr. D. Cooke
Mrs. J. Beer

Information via www: http://ag-vp-www.informatik.uni-kl.de/Projekte/Robug-III/Robug-III.htm

Contact address:

Prof. Dr. A. Collie, Portech Mobile Robotics Laboratory, Universiy of Portsmouth,
Department of Electrical Engingeering, Anglesea Building, Anglesea Road, Portsmouth PO1 3DJ, UK
Tel: ++44 1705 842583 (492344), Fax: ++44 1705 842355 (492333), Email: aac@ee.port.ac.uk

Technical data of the walking machine

Dimension Capacity Mobility Energy supply

Length 0.8m Max. speed 0.1m/s Number of legs 8 Energy supply pneumatic

Height 0.6m Weight 60kg Act. degrees of freedom 6 Power supply compressed air

Width 0.6m Load 100kg Pas. degrees of freedom - Power consumption 14bar

References

[Cooke et al., 1994], [Luk et al., 1994], [Luk et al., 1995]

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