McLatchey, Graham and Billingsley, John (2007) Improving power to weight ratio of pneumatically powered legged robots. In: 10th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Supporting Technologies for Mobile Machines: CLAWAR 2007, 16-18 July 2007, Singapore.
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Abstract
Legged Robots require actuators with a high power to weight ratio. Although pneumatic actuators do not perform well in this regard, they have other attractive characteristics which are useful in Legged Robots. This paper describes a mechanical solution for significantly improving the payload capacity of a robot powered with pneumatic cylinders, Robug IV, and reports on the theoretical design and experimental outcomes.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Commonwealth Reporting Category E) (Paper) |
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| Additional Information: | This is the authors' version of a paper in a refereed conference. It is now printed as a chapter in an internationally published hard-back book: ADVANCES IN CLIMBING AND WALKING ROBOTS: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference (CLAWAR 2007) © World Scientific Publishing Company. http://www.worldscibooks.com/compsci/6521.html |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | pneumatic cylinders, legged robots |
| Fields of Research (FOR2008): | 09 Engineering > 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering > 090602 Control Systems, Robotics and Automation 09 Engineering > 0913 Mechanical Engineering > 091302 Automation and Control Engineering |
| Subjects: | 290000 Engineering and Technology |
| Socio-Economic Objective (SEO2008): | UNSPECIFIED |
| ID Code: | 3408 |
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| Deposited On: | 01 Dec 2007 18:14 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Sep 2011 11:29 |
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