• DocumentCode
    662843
  • Title

    Frog-inspired jumping robot for overcoming high obstacles

  • Author

    Jeongdo Ahn ; Jongwon Park ; Kyung-Soo Kim ; Soohyun Kim

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mech. Eng., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    24-26 Oct. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Jumping robots can overcome obstacles higher than their own height, while robots with wheel or caterpillar cannot. In this paper, 22.5g frog-inspired small jumping robot is presented. It can jump more than 2.5 m, i.e. 58 times its own height. The four-bar linkage structure is employed to imitating the musculoskeletal structure and behavior of frog´s hind leg, and twisting actuation is applied to store large elastic energy on elastomer using motor of small power.
  • Keywords
    collision avoidance; elastomers; mobile robots; elastomer; four bar linkage structure; frog hind leg; frog inspired small jumping robot; high obstacles; large elastic energy; musculoskeletal structure; small power motor; twisting actuation; Artificial intelligence; Biological system modeling; Indexes; Robots; Surveillance; Trajectory; Biomimetic; energy storage mechanism; frog-inspired jumping robot; twisting actuation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Robotics (ISR), 2013 44th International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Seoul
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISR.2013.6695739
  • Filename
    6695739