• DocumentCode
    3364082
  • Title

    Worm-like mechanical walking mechanism

  • Author

    Luo, Guanlong ; Tang, Jie ; Chen, Jun

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mechatron. Eng., Jilin Univ., Changchun, China
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    9-12 Aug. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1640
  • Lastpage
    1644
  • Abstract
    The paper presents a walking mechanism capable of freely travelling in a zero-gravity or a microgravity environment by aiming at the characteristic of robot´s walking dependent on gravity, such walking mechanism kept and extended the ability of walking in the gravity environment.
  • Keywords
    mobile robots; microgravity environment; robot; worm-like mechanical walking mechanism; zero-gravity environment; Automation; Educational institutions; Fasteners; Forward contracts; Gravity; Legged locomotion; Mechatronics; Mobile robots; Orbital robotics; Turning; grab hook; retractable; robot; walking;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Mechatronics and Automation, 2009. ICMA 2009. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Changchun
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2692-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2693-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICMA.2009.5246252
  • Filename
    5246252