TY - GEN
T1 - Muscular stimulation based biological actuator from locust's hindleg
AU - Ma, Songsong
AU - Liu, Peng
AU - Liu, Shen
AU - Li, Yao
AU - Li, Bing
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The development and control of biological actuators have been an active research field. Biological actuators revealed high mobility with compact dimensions, which is critical for the design of microrobots. The powerful kicking motion of the locust is important for its quick jumping. Herein, we examined the kicking process of the locust's hindleg and controlled the flexion and extension motions via exogenous stimulation. Unlike a simple extension of the leg, co-contraction is adopted by locust to store energy and increase jumping power. Thus, we imitated the co-contraction process and transformed the locust's hindleg into a biological jumping actuator. Through coordinating the kicking of bilateral hindlegs together, we achieved the jumping control of a locust.
AB - The development and control of biological actuators have been an active research field. Biological actuators revealed high mobility with compact dimensions, which is critical for the design of microrobots. The powerful kicking motion of the locust is important for its quick jumping. Herein, we examined the kicking process of the locust's hindleg and controlled the flexion and extension motions via exogenous stimulation. Unlike a simple extension of the leg, co-contraction is adopted by locust to store energy and increase jumping power. Thus, we imitated the co-contraction process and transformed the locust's hindleg into a biological jumping actuator. Through coordinating the kicking of bilateral hindlegs together, we achieved the jumping control of a locust.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85125478407
U2 - 10.1109/ICRA48506.2021.9560875
DO - 10.1109/ICRA48506.2021.9560875
M3 - 会议稿件
AN - SCOPUS:85125478407
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
SP - 1242
EP - 1248
BT - 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2021
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2021
Y2 - 30 May 2021 through 5 June 2021
ER -