ARL Scout I

 

General description of the walking machine project

Name of the walking machine/project:$ARL\; Scout\; I$
Begin and end of the Project:$October\; 1996\; to\; Present$
Project costs:$1000\; U.S.\; Dollars\; (Plus\; computer)$
Building effort [person years]:$2\; (Approximate)$
Source of financial support:$Natural\; Sciences\; and\; Engineering\; Research\; Council\; of\; Canada\; (NSERC)$

Research group

Ambulatory Robotics Laboratory, Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University

Staff of the project:

Director: Professor Martin Buehler
Principle Investigator: Ken Yamazaki
Support By: Mojtaba Ahmadi, Robert Battaglia, Anca Cocosco, Martin de Lasa,
Nadim El-fata, Geoff Hawker, Marc LeBlanc, Dave McMordie, Sami Obaid, Joseph Sarkis

Information via www: http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~arlweb

Contact address:

Prof. Dr. Martin Buehler, Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University
3480 University Street, Room 423, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2A7
Tel: ++1 514 398-8985, Fax: ++1 514 398-7348, Email: buehler@cim.mcgill.ca

Technical data of the walking machine

Dimension Capacity Mobility Energy supply

Length 0.26m Max. speed 0.1m/s Number of legs 4 Energy supply Electric

Height 0.27m Weight 2.3kg Act. degrees of freedom 4 Power supply NiCD Batteries (2.6 Ahr @ 6V)

Width 0.23m Load Pas. degrees of freedom 0 Power consumption 10 minutes of continuous walking

References

see under the publications section inhttp://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~arlweb

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