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Realization and kinematic analysis of a bionic hopping robot

  • Shuping Chen*
  • , Zhongqiu Yuan
  • , Tao Liu
  • , Xun Deng
  • , Lichun Shi
  • , Jianglong Guo
  • , Mingxu Ma
  • , Junping Di
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Northeastern University China

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Abstract

Inspired by grasshoppers' and crickets' hopping characteristics, a bionic cricket hopping robot, with its hinder leg actuated mainly by Shape Memory Alloy (for short: SMA) and capable of realizing its self-righting during its landing and adjusting its hopping angle before hopping, is designed and implemented in this paper, which will enhance the existing hopping robots' adaptability in increasingly complicated environment. The hopping robot compromises four working circles, i.e. reset, cocking, energy storage and triggering. The bionic hopping robot's mechanical and and its control system's design and implementation are presented, and the relevant kinematics analysis of its hopping process is conducted in this paper as well.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 31st Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2012
Pages4852-4855
Number of pages4
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event31st Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2012 - Hefei, China
Duration: 25 Jul 201227 Jul 2012

Publication series

NameChinese Control Conference, CCC
ISSN (Print)1934-1768
ISSN (Electronic)2161-2927

Conference

Conference31st Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2012
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHefei
Period25/07/1227/07/12

Keywords

  • Bionic hopping robot
  • Kinematics analysis
  • Shape Memory Alloy
  • gesture adjustment

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