ROMA (Multifunctional autonomous self-supported climbing robot)

 

General description of the walking machine project

Name of the walking machine/project: ROMA (Multifunctional autonomous self-supported climbing robot)
Begin and end of the Project: June 1995 until June 1998
Project costs:
Building effort [person years]: 5
Source of financial support:CICYT TAP95-0088 (Spanish Goverment)

Research group

Department of Electrical Engineering, University Carlos III of Madrid, (Spain)

Staff of the project:

Dr. Carlos Balaguer Bernaldo de Quirós (Director)
Dr. Emilio Olías Ruiz
Dr. José Manuel Pastor
Dr. Mohamed Abderrahim
Antonio Giménez Fernández
Victor Manuel Padrón Nápoles
Andrés Barrado Bautista

Information via www:

Contact address:

Antonio Giménez Fernández, University Carlos III of Madrid
c/ Butarque, 15, Cod. Post. 28017 Leganés (Madrid), Spain
Tel: ++34 1 6249480, Fax: ++34 1 6249430, Email: agimenez@ing.uc3m.es

Technical data of the walking machine

Dimension Capacity Mobility Energy supply
Length 0.736m Max. speed 1m/min Number of legs 2 Energy supply DC-servos
Hight 0.344m Weight 92kg Act. degrees of freedom 8 Power supply 24V DC
Width 0.4m Load 5kg Pas. degrees of freedom 6 Power consumption 130Watt

References

[Balaguer et al., 1998]

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