Title :
Bioinspired hydraulic joint for highly redundant robotic platforms
Author :
Lira, Cristian ; Menon, Carlo ; Kianfar, Kaveh ; Scarpa, Fabrizio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Aerosp. Eng., Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Abstract :
By taking inspiration from the hydraulic system of spiders, we have conceived a novel hydraulic flexible joint suitable to be miniaturized and embedded in robotic platforms. The hydraulic flexible join has a modular design-joints can be positioned in series to obtain highly redundant configurations. In this paper, the design of the hydraulic joint is proposed and its performance is discussed.
Keywords :
hydraulic control equipment; mobile robots; bio-inspired hydraulic flexible joint; highly redundant robotic platforms; locomotion system; modular design-joints; Animal structures; Contracts; Exoskeletons; Flexible structures; Hydraulic systems; Intelligent actuators; Intelligent robots; Leg; Legged locomotion; Robot sensing systems; Hydraulic system; bio-inspired robotic system; flexible structure; smart actuator;
Conference_Titel :
Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots, 2009. ReMAR 2009. ASME/IFToMM International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
978-88-89007-37-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-876346-58-4
