BIPMAN

 

General description of the walking machine project

Name of the walking machine/project: BIPMAN
Begin and end of the Project: 1996-2000
Project costs: 110KEuros
Building effort [person years]: 3 man-years
Source of financial support:

Research group

"Complex biomechanical Systems"

Staff of the project:

Main permanent staff: P. Gorce and M. Guihard,
others researchers 2 Phd students and trainees

Information via www:

Contact address:

P.Gorce and M. Guihard,U483 INSERM
9 av. de la Division Leclerc, 94234 Cachan, France
Tel:++33 01 41 24 11 89, Email: philippe.gorce@iut-cachan.u-psud.fr

Technical data of the walking machine

Dimension Capacity Mobility Energy supply
Length 0.3m Max. speed Number of legs 2 Energy supply pneumatic at 8 bars
Hight 1.1m Weight 15kg Act. degrees of freedom 14 Power supply
Width 0.5m Load Pas. degrees of freedom 0 Power consumption

References

Publications

1/ P. Gorce, O. Vanel, "Behaviour synthesis of the erect stance for a biped control", Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, JINT, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Vol.18, n°2, 1997, p.127-145,

2/ O. Vanel, P. Gorce, "A new approach to dynamic posture control", Robotica, Cambridge University Press, Vol.15, 1997 p.449-459,

3/ P. Gorce, M. Guihard, "On dynamic control of pneumatic bipeds", Journal of Robotic Systems, John Wiley & Sons Publishers, Vol. 15, n° 7, 1998, p. 421-433,

4/ P. Gorce, M. Guihard, "Joint impedance pneumatic control for multichains systems". Transaction ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and control, Vol. 121, n°2, juin 1999, p. 293-297,

5/ F. El Hafi, P. Gorce , "Behavioural approach for a bipedal robot stepping motion gait", Robotica, Cambridge University Press, Vol.17, n°5,1999, p.491-

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