The present paper develops a new configuration for walking machines which is in a way an hybrid between rigid-frames and zoomorphic walkers. It hopefully shares the advantages of both: the complexity is only marginally higher than that of rigid-frames walkers, while the performances may be similar to those of the more complex machines. The legs are essentially made of linear actuators moving in the vertical direction, like in rigid-frames machines. They are carried at the end of pantograph mechanisms which allows the feet to move along a straight line parallel to the longitudinal axis of the machine. The total number of degrees of freedom goes from 8 in the simplest form to 13 in the most complex one. The paper describes the layout of the machine, with particular reference to a small prototype for planetary exploration or other applications like rchaeological survey or humanitarian demining.

Planar motion hexapod walking machines: a new configuration / Genta, Giancarlo; Amati, Nicola. - (2001), pp. 619-626. (Intervento presentato al convegno CLAWAR 2001, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots nel 24-26 September 2001).

Planar motion hexapod walking machines: a new configuration

GENTA, GIANCARLO;AMATI, NICOLA
2001

Abstract

The present paper develops a new configuration for walking machines which is in a way an hybrid between rigid-frames and zoomorphic walkers. It hopefully shares the advantages of both: the complexity is only marginally higher than that of rigid-frames walkers, while the performances may be similar to those of the more complex machines. The legs are essentially made of linear actuators moving in the vertical direction, like in rigid-frames machines. They are carried at the end of pantograph mechanisms which allows the feet to move along a straight line parallel to the longitudinal axis of the machine. The total number of degrees of freedom goes from 8 in the simplest form to 13 in the most complex one. The paper describes the layout of the machine, with particular reference to a small prototype for planetary exploration or other applications like rchaeological survey or humanitarian demining.
2001
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