1. Platform hopping robots
Jawaad Bhatti
MN Sahinkaya, AR Plummer, P Iravani
University of Bath
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Introduction
Aim: foot placement while running/hopping
Motivation: rough terrain traversal
Inspiration: animal locomotion
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Existing work
One-legged hopping achieved in 1980s
Researchers mainly focussed on stabilising steady running
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Overall approach
Controlled passive dynamics
Model and build robot as springy legged hopper
Use actuation to control height, orientation and velocity
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Experimental work
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Experimental results
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Simulation work
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Future work
Develop method to achieve foot placement in 3D robot
Validate methods experimentally
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