Biped type leg-wheeled robot

 

General description of the walking machine project

Name of the walking machine/project:$Biped\; type\; leg-wheeled\; robot$
Begin and end of the Project:$1996\; -\; 2001$
Project costs:$6\; Mio\; Yen\; p.a.\; (hardware)$
Building effort [person years]:$2\; p.a.$
Source of financial support:$Japanese\; Government$

Research group

Mechanism Div., Robotics Dep., Mechanical Engineering Lab., AIST, MITI

Staff of the project:

Dr. Osamu Matsumoto
Dr. Shuuji Kajita
Dr. Muneharu Saigo
Prof. Dr. Kazuo Tani

Information via www: http://www.mel.go.jp/KEIJI/press/h10-9-25/H10-9-25.html

Contact address:

Dr. Osamu Matsumoto, Mechanical Engineering Lab., AIST, MITI
1-2, Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8564, Japan
Tel:+81-298-58-7281, Fax:+81-298-58-7275, Email: matsumoto@mel.go.jp

Technical data of the walking machine

Dimension Capacity Mobility Energy supply

Length Max. speed 6cm/s legged locomation Number of legs 2 Energy supply DC-servos

Hight 0.575 - 0.74cm Weight 10kg Act. degrees of freedom 5 Power supply Not self-contained 12V DC

Width 0.23m Load 2kg Pas. degrees of freedom 0 Power consumption 80Watt

References

[Osamu Matsumoto and KazuoTani, 1998]

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