General description of the walking machine project
Name of the walking machine/project: Daedalus Begin and end of the Project: Jan. 1993 - present Project costs: USD 100000 Building effort [person years]: 2,5 Source of financial support: NASA Research group Lunar Rover Demonstration, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University Staff of the project: Dr. Red Whittaker (director) Mr. Kevin Dowling Mr. Gerry Roston Information via www: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/lri-3/www/design/previous-designs.html Contact address: Kevin Dowling, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsilvania, USA Tel: ++1 412 268 8830, Fax: 412 268 5895, Email: nivek@cmu.edu Technical data of the walking machine Dimension Capacity Mobility Energy supply Length 1,8m Max. Speed 0,17m/s Number of legs 6 Energy supply DC-servos Height 2m Weight 120kg Act. degrees of freedom 8 Power supply 48 VDC Width 1,8m Load 50kg Pas. degrees of freedom 0 Power consumption 100Watt References [Krotkov et al., 1989], [Roston and Krotkov, 1992], [Roston and Dowling, 1993], [Roston, 1994], [Roston and Jacobus, 1995b], [Roston and Jacobus, 1995a] back to main page of walking machines catalogue %
Research group
Lunar Rover Demonstration, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Staff of the project:
Dr. Red Whittaker (director) Mr. Kevin Dowling Mr. Gerry Roston
Information via www: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/lri-3/www/design/previous-designs.html
Contact address:
Kevin Dowling, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsilvania, USA Tel: ++1 412 268 8830, Fax: 412 268 5895, Email: nivek@cmu.edu
Technical data of the walking machine
References
[Krotkov et al., 1989], [Roston and Krotkov, 1992], [Roston and Dowling, 1993], [Roston, 1994], [Roston and Jacobus, 1995b], [Roston and Jacobus, 1995a]
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