Non-Dimensional Analysis Based Design on Tracing Type Legged Robots

Mitsuru Higashimori; Idaku Ishii; Makoto Kaneko

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JRM Vol.18 No.3 pp. 333-339

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2006.p0333

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Non-Dimensional Analysis Based Design on Tracing Type Legged Robots

Mitsuru Higashimori, Idaku Ishii, and Makoto Kaneko

Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 4-1 Kagamiyama 1-Chome, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan

Received:

April 12, 2005

Accepted:

December 20, 2005

Published:

June 20, 2006

Keywords:

jumping robot, motor based actuation, dimensional analysis, jump ratio

Abstract

We discuss the optimum design issue for tracing type legged robots in the sense that it can jump as high as possible. By applying dimensional analysis techniques, we introduce four non-dimensional parameters that control the jump ratio (=h/l ) for a tracing type jumping robot. An interesting observation is that there exists the optimum design point where the jump ratio becomes maximum. Through experiments, we found that the robot with the optimum design specification can achieve the jump ratio of 3.6, while the jump ratio decreases for other design points. This paper is the full translation from the transactions of JSME Series C, Vol.71, No.704, 2005.

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M. Higashimori, I. Ishii, and M. Kaneko, “Non-Dimensional Analysis Based Design on Tracing Type Legged Robots,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.18 No.3, pp. 333-339, 2006.

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