Feedback control experiments with the parkourbot

A. Longx, A. Degani, K. Lynchx

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Abstract

The ParkourBot is a planar dynamic climbing biped robot and is capable of dynamically locomoting between two vertical" walls in a reduced-gravity planar environment of an inclined air table. During flight, springy legs are compressed to store elastic energy. At impact, this potential energy is quickly converted to kinetic energy. In this paper, we demonstrate that simple feedback control strategies with a high-speed vision system can be used to control the Parkour- Bot to bounce in place, climb up and climb down.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdaptive Mobile Robotics - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2012
Pages409-416
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event15th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2012 - Baltimore, MD, United States
Duration: 23 Jul 201226 Jul 2012

Publication series

NameAdaptive Mobile Robotics - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2012

Conference

Conference15th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBaltimore, MD
Period23/07/1226/07/12

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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