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Main Authors: Madabushi, Varun, Popek, Katie M., Knuth, Craig, Mullins, Galen, Bittner, Brian A.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.05096
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author Madabushi, Varun
Popek, Katie M.
Knuth, Craig
Mullins, Galen
Bittner, Brian A.
author_facet Madabushi, Varun
Popek, Katie M.
Knuth, Craig
Mullins, Galen
Bittner, Brian A.
contents In this work, we investigate the use of co-design methods to iterate upon robot designs in the field, performing time sensitive, ad-hoc tasks. Our method optimizes the morphology and wheg trajectory for a MiniRHex robot, producing 3D printable structures and leg trajectory parameters. Tested in four terrains, we show that robots optimized in simulation exhibit strong sim-to-real transfer and are nearly twice as efficient as the nominal platform when tested in hardware.
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spellingShingle Rapid Co-design of Task-Specialized Whegged Robots for Ad-Hoc Needs
Madabushi, Varun
Popek, Katie M.
Knuth, Craig
Mullins, Galen
Bittner, Brian A.
Robotics
In this work, we investigate the use of co-design methods to iterate upon robot designs in the field, performing time sensitive, ad-hoc tasks. Our method optimizes the morphology and wheg trajectory for a MiniRHex robot, producing 3D printable structures and leg trajectory parameters. Tested in four terrains, we show that robots optimized in simulation exhibit strong sim-to-real transfer and are nearly twice as efficient as the nominal platform when tested in hardware.
title Rapid Co-design of Task-Specialized Whegged Robots for Ad-Hoc Needs
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.05096