動的移動のための脚式ソフトロボットプラットフォーム
A Legged Soft Robot Platform for Dynamic Locomotion
柔らかい素材で3Dプリントした脚と胴体を持つ四脚ソフトロボットを開発し、シミュレーションで歩容を調整することで毎秒0.9mの高速走行を実現した。
著者: Boxi Xia, Jiaming Fu, Hongbo Zhu, Zhicheng Song, Yibo Jiang, Hod Lipson
分類: cs.RO
原文アブストラクト
We present an open-source untethered quadrupedal soft robot platform for dynamic locomotion (e.g., high-speed running and backflipping). The robot is mostly soft (80 vol.%) while driven by four geared servo motors. The robot's soft body and soft legs were 3D printed with gyroid infill using a flexible material, enabling it to conform to the environment and passively stabilize during locomotion on multi-terrain environments. In addition, we simulated the robot in a real-time soft body simulation. With tuned gaits in simulation, the real robot can locomote at a speed of 0.9 m/s (2.5 body length/second), substantially faster than most untethered legged soft robots published to date. We hope this platform, along with its verified simulator, can catalyze the development of soft robotics.
