Jumping, CWRU Biorobotics Lab, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Designer - CWRU Biorobotics Lab

Home Page - biorobots.case.edu/jumping

 

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Micro-Cricket Robot
March 6, 2013

The Micro-Cricket Robot is pneumatically driven and uses McKibben actuators for locomotion. Development of the cricket required improvement and development of new micro capabilities to actuate and control such a small robot.

 

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Jumping Mini-Whegs
March 6, 2013

A spring loaded mechanism propels Mini-Whegs over a six inch step.

 

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Mini-Whegs climbs over an obstacle
March 6, 2013

Mini-Whegs shows off its wheel legs by easily surmounting an obstacle.

 

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Increasing small robot mobility
March 6, 2013

In order to increase the mobility of small robots Whegs have been developed at Case Western Reserve University. Whegs provide the mobility of legs while having the simplicity of wheels.