General description of the walking machine project
Name of the walking machine/project: SpringWalker bipedal exoskeleton Begin and end of the Project: 1986-present Project costs: Building effort [person years]: 5 Source of financial support:Personal resources, private investors Research group Applied Motion, Inc. Staff of the project: John Dick Bruce Crapuchettes Eric Edwards Information via www: http://www.springwalker.com or http://www.kenguru.de Contact address: John Dick, Applied Motion, Inc. 935 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont, CA 91711, USA Tel: ++ 1 909 626 4622, Email: jdick@springwalker.com Technical data of the walking machine Dimension Capacity Mobility Energy supply Length Max. speed 4.5m/s Number of legs 2 Energy supply DC-servos Hight 2.1m Weight 28kg Act. degrees of freedom 2 Power supply Width Load 90kg Pas. degrees of freedom 4 Power consumption 200Watt References Articles about the Spring Walker can be found in: New Scientist April 18, 1992, Scientific American August 1992 p118, Discover Magazine Dec. 1992, Fortune Magazine, July 8, 1996, p 82 back to main page of walking machines catalogue %
Research group
Applied Motion, Inc.
Staff of the project:
John Dick Bruce Crapuchettes Eric Edwards
Information via www: http://www.springwalker.com or http://www.kenguru.de
Contact address:
John Dick, Applied Motion, Inc. 935 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont, CA 91711, USA Tel: ++ 1 909 626 4622, Email: jdick@springwalker.com
Technical data of the walking machine
References
Articles about the Spring Walker can be found in: New Scientist April 18, 1992, Scientific American August 1992 p118, Discover Magazine Dec. 1992, Fortune Magazine, July 8, 1996, p 82
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