Gokiburi (cockroach)

General description of the walking machine project

Name of the walking machine/project:$Gokiburi\; (cockroach)$
Begin and end of the Project:$Feb\; 1995$
Project costs:$$
Building effort [person years]:$2\; months$
Source of financial support:$None\; Pocket\; money!$

Research group

Electronics and Robotics, Kyoto University

Staff of the project:

Ahmet Onat

Information via www: http://turbine.kuee.kyoto-u.ac.jp/staff/onat/altibacak.html

Contact address:

Ahmet ONAT, Kyoto University
Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan
Tel: +81 75 753-5286 , Fax: +81 75 753 3338, Email: onat@kuee.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Technical data of the walking machine

Dimension		Capacity		Mobility		Energy supply
Length	0.2m	Max. speed	30cm/min	Number of legs	6	Energy supply	NiCd battery
Hight	0.1m	Weight	0.6kg	Act. degrees of freedom	12	Power supply	4.8V; 500mAh
Width	0.076m	Load	0.2kg	Pas. degrees of freedom	0	Power consumption	13Watt

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