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Bio-inspired robotics

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Towards a self-deploying and gliding robot

Dario Floreano, Mirko Kovac, Jean-Christophe Zufferey

Strategies for hybrid locomotion such as jumping and gliding are used in nature by many different animals for traveling over rough terrain. This combination of locomotion modes also allows small robots to overcome relatively large obstacles at a minimal en ...

Springer Berlin Heidelberg2009

The Hand-bot, a Robot Design for Simultaneous Climbing and Manipulation

Francesco Mondada, Michael Bonani, Stéphane Magnenat, Philippe Rétornaz

We present a novel approach to mobile object manipulation for service in indoor environments. Current research in service robotics focus on single robots able to move, manipulate objects, and transport them to various locations. Our approach differs by tak ...

Springer-Verlag2009

A point-wise model of adhesion suitable for real-time applications of bio-inspired climbing robot

Auke Ijspeert

Bio-inspired climbing robots relying on adhesion systems are believed to become essential tools for several industrial applications in the near future. In recent years, research has mainly focused on modeling micro-scale adhesion phenomena; a macro-scale a ...

2008

Climbing robot with glue feet

Thierry Barras

Le but de ce projet est de réaliser un prototype de robot se déplacant sur la base de pied à colle développés lors d’un projet de semestre précédent. Ces pieds à colle sont en réalité de simples résistances que l’on va chauffer en faisant passer du courant ...

2008

Climbing robot with magnetic caterpillar

Olivier Truong-Dat Nguyen

A climbing robot using magnetic caterpillars is developed and constructed. It allows to move on ferromagnetic materials in any orientation, and to make inner plan transition. The achieved friction force is very high. ...

2008

Comparing coordination schemes for miniature robotic swarms: A case study in boundary coverage of regular structures

Alcherio Martinoli, Nicolaus Correll, Samuel Rutishauser

We consider boundary coverage of a regular structure by a swarm of miniature robots, and compare a suite of three fully distributed coordination algorithms experimentally. All algorithms rely on boundary coverage by reactive control, whereas coordination o ...

Springer-Verlag New York, Ms Ingrid Cunningham, 175 Fifth Ave, New York, Ny 10010 Usa2008

Learning to move in modular robots using central pattern generators and online optimization

Auke Ijspeert, Jérôme Maye

This article addresses the problem of how modular robotics systems, i.e. systems composed of multiple modules that can be configured into different robotic structures, can learn to locomote. In particular, we tackle the problems of online learning, that is ...

2008

Online optimization of swimming and crawling in an amphibious snake robot

Auke Ijspeert, Alessandro Crespi

An important problem in the control of locomotion of robots with multiple degrees of freedom (e.g., biomimetic robots) is to adapt the locomotor patterns to the properties of the environment. This article addresses this problem for the locomotion of an amp ...

2008

A miniature 7g jumping robot

Dario Floreano, André Guignard, Mirko Kovac, Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Martin Fuchs

Jumping can be a very efficient mode of locomotion for small robots to overcome large obstacles and travel in natural, rough terrain. In this paper we present the development and characterization of a novel 5cm, 7g jumping robot. It can jump obstacles as h ...

2008

Control of legged locomotion using dynamical systems

Ludovic Righetti

Legged robots have gained an increased attention these past decades since they offer a promising technology for many applications in unstructured environments where the use of wheeled robots is clearly limited. Such applications include exploration and res ...

EPFL2008

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