Mobile walking robot “GREG”: PBL project designed in accordance with BEAM philosophy

Author

Klapyta, Grzegorz

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mechatron., Silesian Univ. of Technol., Gliwice, Poland

fYear

2014

fDate

9-11 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

At the end of the 90s in XX century Mark W. Tilden presented innovatory philosophy for robots designing and proposed acronym BEAM (Biology, Electronics, Aesthetics, and Mechanics) to name it. According to the philosophy robot should have simple construction and behavioral control realized by neural network instead of algorithmic control system implemented in microprocessor. This approach makes robots similar to living creatures. The paper presents basics of BEAM philosophy and describes design of GREG robot, realized at Department of Mechatronics of Silesian University of Technology as an MSc project. GREG is small walking robot designed in accordance to BEAM philosophy. It can live autonomously, search for light source and avoid obstacles.

Keywords

collision avoidance; mobile robots; neurocontrollers; BEAM philosophy; GREG robot; PBL project; biology-electronics-aesthetics-and-mechanics; mobile walking robot; neural network; obstacle avoidance; Legged locomotion; Mechatronics; Neurons; Robot sensing systems; Structural beams; BEAM robots; neural networks; walking robots;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Research and Education in Mechatronics (REM), 2014 15th International Workshop on

Conference_Location

El Gouna

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/REM.2014.6920233

Filename

6920233