Adaptive Suspension Vehicle

 

General description of the walking machine project

Name of the walking machine/project:$Adaptive\; Suspension\; Vehicle$
Begin and end of the Project:$1982\; -\; 1990$
Project costs:$$
Mechanics:$\; USD\; 500000$
Sensors/actuators:$\; USD\; 7500000$
Building effort:$50$
(person-year)
Source of financial support:$Defense\; Advanced\; Research\; Projects\; Agency,\; US\; DOD$

Research group

Staff of the project:

Information via www:

Contact address:

Dr. K. J. Waldron, The Ohio State Univiversity
M. E. Dept, Robinson Lab, W 18th st, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Tel: ++1 614 292-0500, Fax: Email: vvohnout@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu

Technical data of the walking machine

Dimension Capacity Mobility Energy supply

Length 5.2m Max. speed 2.3m/s Number of legs 6 Energy supply gasoline IC 4 cyl engine

Height 3m Weight 3200kg Act. degrees of freedom 18 Power supply hydraulic

Width 2.4m Load 220kg Pas. degrees of freedom 6 Power consumption 50 hp ave

References

[Song and Waldron, 1989]

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