Described embodiments include a system, method, and vehicle. A vehicle includes a chassis and at least two controllable limbs coupled to the chassis. The vehicle includes a respective reconfigurable foot coupled to each limb of the at least two controllable limbs. Each reconfigurable foot has a footprint cross-section configured to expand from a contracted configuration to an expanded configuration in response to a deployment-command signal. The vehicle includes a controller configured to issue the deployment-command signal to expand a reconfigurable foot of a limb of the at least two controllable limbs as the reconfigurable foot approaches a surface. In an embodiment, the vehicle includes a sensor configured to acquire data indicative of an aspect of the surface. In an embodiment, the vehicle includes a non-transitory computer readable storage device configured to store data indicative of an aspect of the surface.


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    Title :

    CONTROLLABLE EXPANDABLE FOOT FOR LIMBED VEHICLE


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2017-03-23


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge



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