A prototype of a steerable six-legged hopping robot for exploring low-gravity environments was designed, built, and tested. A 35 cm vertical hop was achieved, motorized steering of all six legs was demonstrated over a 40-degree range, and angled hopping was performed at a fixed 60-degree angle. Gyro stabilization was demonstrated through a hopping simulation of a modeled hopping robot with a controllable flywheel in lunar gravity.
Steerable hopping six-legged robot
Space Exploration Technologies ; 2008 ; Orlando,Florida,United States
Proc. SPIE ; 6960
2008-04-04
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Steerable hopping six-legged robot [6960-14]
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