Robotics Lab 3Robotic Locomotion

Eleanor Roosevelt High SchoolChin-Sung Lin

What is Locomotion?

Robotic locomotion is the study of how to design robot appendages and control mechanisms to allow robots to move fluidly and efficiently

Types of Locomotion

Wheeled

Legged

Tank-Treaded

Others Flying

Swimming

Rolling

Hopping

Snaking

CrawlingRobotic

Locomotion

Wheeled Locomotion

Bicycle

Double

Four

Others

Tricycle

Wheeled

Locomotion

Omni

Single

Single-Wheeled Locomotion

Single Wheeled Robot from Iran

Double-Wheeled Locomotion

Double Wheeled Robot by Uppsala University, Sweden

Bicycle Locomotion

Ghostrider by UC Berkeley

Tricycle Locomotion

Tricycle by SMU

Omni-Directional Locomotion

Rovio by WowWee

Four-Wheeled Locomotion

Stanley by Stanford University

Other Wheeled Locomotion

Crusher by CMU

Tank-Treaded Locomotion

Dr. Robot Jaguar Tracked Mobile Robot

Legged Locomotion

Tri-pedal

Bipedal

Hexapod

Others

Quadru-

pedal

Legged

Single

Single-Legged Locomotion

iHop Self-Balancing Pogo Stick

Bipedal Locomotion

Asimo by Honda Petman by Boston Dynamics

Tripedal Locomotion

STriDER 2.0 by Virginia Tech

Quadrupedal Locomotion

BigDog by Boston Dynamics

Hexapod Locomotion

A-Pod: An Ant Inspired Hexapod Robot

Other Legged Locomotion

Octopus by UBC

Hopping Locomotion

Sand Flea Jumping Robot by Boston Dynamics

Flying Locomotion

UAVBird

Flying

UAV Locomotion

Predator UAV by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems

Bird Locomotion

SmartBird by Festo

Swimming Locomotion

Robotic Fish by University of Essex

AquaPengiun by Festo

Snaking Locomotion

S5 Snake Robot

Crawling Locomotion

SoftWorm by Case Western Reserve University

Earthworm Soft Robot by MIT

Rolling Locomotion

Groundbot by Rotundus

Other Locomotion

New Robot by YOU

Lab 3 Robotic Locomotion

Assignment: Design, build, and demo a robot with a type of locomotion

chosen or created by your group Investigate the locomotion theory of your robot Present and report your findings

Demo & Presentation: Thursday, 10/18/2012 Lab Report: Wednesday, 10/16/2012