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Bio-inspired robot design for legged locomotion
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Kim, Sangbae |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | Mobile robot designers are increasingly searching for inspirations and design cues from biological models. Although animals are great model for mobile robots, the process of implementation is often ambiguous. The direct implementation of biological features and morphology often becomes ineffective and misleads engineers due to various reasons. Firstly, engineers investigate animals to achieve a few particular functions whereas features of animals may serve for multiple functions or often remains unknown. Biological system are believed to evolves for many functions. Animals need to adapt to various natural environments, reproduce themselves, eat, digest, and grow. When it comes to robotics platforms, the requirements are much simpler and based on the applications. Secondly, difference between engineering building blocks and biological mechanisms prevent engineers from direct replication. Biological systems grows whereas mechanical systems are manufactured. Control system, actuators, structures, energy sources and mechanical properties in biological systems differ from artificial counterparts in a great extent. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.asbweb.org/conferences/2010/abstracts/522.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
