1. Robotics Lab 3 Robotic Locomotion
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Chin-Sung Lin

2. What is Locomotion?
Robot locomotion is the study of how to design robot appendages and control mechanisms to allow robots to move fluidly and efficiently

3. Types of Locomotion Rolling Legged Robotic Locomotion Others Flying
Wheeled
Tank-
Treaded
Rolling
Legged
Robotic
Locomotion
Crawling
Hopping
Others
Flying
Snaking
Swimming

4. Wheeled Locomotion Others Bicycle Wheeled Locomotion Four Omni Single
Double
Others
Bicycle
Wheeled
Locomotion
Four
Tricycle
Omni

5. Single-Wheeled Locomotion
Single Wheeled Robot from Iran

6. Double-Wheeled Locomotion
Double Wheeled Robot by
Uppsala University, Sweden

7. Ghostrider by UC Berkeley
Bicycle Locomotion
Ghostrider by UC Berkeley

8. Tricycle Locomotion
Tricycle by SMU

9. Omni-Directional Locomotion
Rovio by WowWee

10. Four-Wheeled Locomotion
Stanley by Stanford University

11. Other Wheeled Locomotion
Crusher by CMU

12. Tank-Treaded Locomotion
Dr. Robot Jaguar Tracked Mobile Robot

13. Legged Locomotion Legged Others Single Bipedal Tri-pedal Quadru-
Hexapod
Quadru-
pedal

14. Single-Legged Locomotion
3D Hopper Robot by MIT

15. Bipedal Locomotion
Asimo by Honda

16. STriDER 2.0 by Virginia Tech
Tripedal Locomotion
STriDER 2.0 by Virginia Tech

17. Quadrupedal Locomotion
BigDog by Boston Dynamics

18. Hexateuthis by Mr. Tentacle
Hexapod Locomotion
Hexateuthis by Mr. Tentacle

19. Other Legged Locomotion
Octopus by UBC

20. Jockey Robot by Boston Dynamics
Hopping Locomotion
Jockey Robot by Boston Dynamics

21. Flying Locomotion
Flying
Bird
UAV

22. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
UAV Locomotion
Predator UAV by
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems

23. Bird Locomotion
Phoenix by MIT

24. Robotic Fish by University of Essex
Swimming Locomotion
Robotic Fish by University of Essex

25. Snaking Locomotion
S5 Snake Robot

26. Crawling Locomotion
SoftWorm by Case Western Reserve University

27. Rolling Locomotion
Groundbot by Rotundus

28. Other Locomotion
New Robot by YOU

29. Lab 3 Robotic Locomotion
Assignment:
Build and demo a robot with a type of locomotion chosen or created by your group
Investigate the locomotion theory of your robot
Present and report your findings