Title :
Worm-like mechanical walking mechanism
Author :
Luo, Guanlong ; Tang, Jie ; Chen, Jun
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mechatron. Eng., Jilin Univ., Changchun, China
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ICMA.2009.5246252
