Caterpillar

 

General description of the walking machine project

Name of the walking machine/project:$Caterpillar$
Begin and end of the Project:$begin\; 1997$
Project costs:$$
Building effort [person years]:$9$
Source of financial support:$Bio-Mimetic\; Control\; Reserch\; Center,\; RIKEN$

Research group

Laboratory for Bio-Mimetic Control System

Staff of the project:

T.Odashima
Y.Kishi
and 3 master course students

Information via www: http://www.bmc.riken.go.jp

Contact address:

T. Odashima, Bio-Mimetic Control Reserch Center, RIKEN
2271-130 Anagahora Shimoshidami moriyama-ku Nagoya,Japan
Tel +81-52-736-5870, Fax +81-52-736-5871, Email: odashima@bmc.riken.go.jp

Technical data of the walking machine

Dimension Capacity Mobility Energy supply

Length 0.56m Max. speed 30cm/s Number of legs 6 Energy supply DC-servos

Hight 0.35m Weight 2.4kg Act. degrees of freedom 18 Power supply 9V DC

Width 0.35m Load 1kg Pas. degrees of freedom 0 Power consumption 7.2Watt

References

[T.Odashima et al., 1998],[T.Odashima et al., 1999],[T.Odashima et al., 2001]

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