Salford-hexapod

 

General description of the walking machine project

Name of the walking machine/project:$Salford-hexapod$
Begin and end of the Project:$1991-1997$
Project costs:$$
Building effort [person years]:$2-3\; years$
Source of financial support:$EPSRC\; and\; the\; University\; of\; Salford$

Research group

Machines, Kinematics and Robotics

Staff of the project:

Dr. David Howard
Dr. Shan Miao

Information via www: http://www.salford.ac.uk/

Contact address:

Dr. David Howard, Aeronautical, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
Salford, M5 4WT, United Kingdom
Tel: ++44-161-2953584, Fax: ++44-161-2955575, Email: D.Howard@amme.Salford.ac.uk

Technical data of the walking machine

Dimension Capacity Mobility Energy supply

Length 0.835m Max. speed 0.2m/s Number of legs 6 Energy supply DC-servos

Hight 0.353m Weight 16.75kg Act. degrees of freedom 18 Power supply

Width 0.835m Load Pas. degrees of freedom 18 Power consumption

References

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