A Shape Memory Alloy-Actuated Bio-Inspired Mesoscale Jumping Robot

Jumping may be considered to be quite a useful means of mobile robot locomotion, but acquiring a stable landing has been a difficult problem. This paper reports on the design, analysis, simulation and experiments of a mesoscale jumping robot that is capable of stable landing. A jumping mechanism ins...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thanhtam Ho, Sangyoon Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-09-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5772/51318