A Legged Soft Robot Platform for Dynamic Locomotion

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Auteurs principaux: Xia, Boxi, Fu, Jiaming, Zhu, Hongbo, Song, Zhicheng, Jiang, Yibo, Lipson, Hod
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author Xia, Boxi
Fu, Jiaming
Zhu, Hongbo
Song, Zhicheng
Jiang, Yibo
Lipson, Hod
author_facet Xia, Boxi
Fu, Jiaming
Zhu, Hongbo
Song, Zhicheng
Jiang, Yibo
Lipson, Hod
contents We present an open-source untethered quadrupedal soft robot platform for dynamic locomotion (e.g., high-speed running and backflipping). The robot is mostly soft (80 vol.%) while driven by four geared servo motors. The robot's soft body and soft legs were 3D printed with gyroid infill using a flexible material, enabling it to conform to the environment and passively stabilize during locomotion on multi-terrain environments. In addition, we simulated the robot in a real-time soft body simulation. With tuned gaits in simulation, the real robot can locomote at a speed of 0.9 m/s (2.5 body length/second), substantially faster than most untethered legged soft robots published to date. We hope this platform, along with its verified simulator, can catalyze the development of soft robotics.
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spellingShingle A Legged Soft Robot Platform for Dynamic Locomotion
Xia, Boxi
Fu, Jiaming
Zhu, Hongbo
Song, Zhicheng
Jiang, Yibo
Lipson, Hod
Robotics
We present an open-source untethered quadrupedal soft robot platform for dynamic locomotion (e.g., high-speed running and backflipping). The robot is mostly soft (80 vol.%) while driven by four geared servo motors. The robot's soft body and soft legs were 3D printed with gyroid infill using a flexible material, enabling it to conform to the environment and passively stabilize during locomotion on multi-terrain environments. In addition, we simulated the robot in a real-time soft body simulation. With tuned gaits in simulation, the real robot can locomote at a speed of 0.9 m/s (2.5 body length/second), substantially faster than most untethered legged soft robots published to date. We hope this platform, along with its verified simulator, can catalyze the development of soft robotics.
title A Legged Soft Robot Platform for Dynamic Locomotion
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.06749