SHERPA

 

General description of the walking machine project

Name of the walking machine/project:$SHERPA\; (Legged\; Autonomous\; Robot\; Neural\; Controlled)$
Begin and end of the Project:$1992\; -$
Project costs:$$
Building effort [person years]:$$
Source of financial support:$Funding\; by\; the\; EU$

Research group

CEA, Service de Teleoperation et de Robotique, France

Staff of the project:

Philippe Garrec (Email: garrec@cyborg.cea.fr)

Information via www:

Contact address:

Philippe Garrec, CEA, Service de Teleoperation et de Robotique
Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
Tel: ++33/1/46.54.89.94, Fax: ++33/1/46.54.75.80, Email: garrec@cyborg.cea.fr

Technical data of the walking machine

Dimension Capacity Mobility Energy supply

Platform diameter 0.68m Max. speed 5 to 6 m/s Number of legs 6 Energy supply On-board battery

Height 1.20m to 1.95m Weight 490kg Act. degrees of freedom 18 Power supply for each leg 3 DC-motors

Minimum width 0.76m Payload 200 to 300 kg Pas. degrees of freedom Power consumption

References

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