PIERNUDA

General description of the walking machine project

Name of the walking machine/project:$PIERNUDA$
Begin and end of the Project:$1996-present$
Project costs:$800\; USD$
Building effort [person years]:$$
Source of financial support:$DIE-UNAM\; (Universidad\; Nacional\; Autonoma\; de\; Mexico)$

Research group

Students' lab: LINDA (Laboratorio de INvestigacion para el desarrollo Academico)

Staff of the project:

W.W. Mayol-Cuevas, E. Hernandez-Tejada, S.D. Vera-Rea,
J. Galicia-Badillo,S.Muņoz-Gutierrez,
R.A. Sanchez-Guzman, and the other members of LINDA Group

Information via www: http://ganso5.fi-b.unam.mx

Contact address:

W.W. Mayol-Cuevas, LINDA Group/Facultad de Ingenieria UNAM
A.P. 70-500, c.p. 04510, Mexico DF, Mexico
Tel: (525) 622 3053, Fax: , Email: linda@ganso5.fi-b.unam.mx

Technical data of the walking machine

Dimension		Capacity		Mobility		Energy supply
Length	0.67m	Max. speed		Number of legs	2	Energy supply	Batteries DC
Hight	0.95m	Weight	5kg	Act. degrees of freedom	5	Power supply	12V DC
Width	0.15m	Load		Pas. degrees of freedom	0	Power consumption

References

Pipe Climbing Robot

General description of the walking machine project

Name of the walking machine/project:$Pipe\; Climbing\; Robot\; (Rohrkletterer)$
Begin and end of the Project:$Feb.\; 1992\; -\; Mar.\; 1995$
Project costs:$1500\; DM$
Building effort [person years]:$$
Source of financial support:$None$

Research group

Corporate Research and Development, Intelligent Systems, Siemens AG

Staff of the project:

Dr. G. Lawitzky (director)
Dipl.Ing. W. Neubauer

Information via www:

Contact address:

Dipl.Ing. W. Neubauer, Siemens AG
ZFE T SN 45, 81730 Munich,Germany
Tel: ++49 89 636 49399, Fax: ++49 89 636 3320, Email: werner.neubauer@mchp.siemens.de

Technical data of the walking machine

Dimension		Capacity		Mobility		Energy supply
Length	0,3m	Max. speed	0,3m/s	Number of legs	8	Energy supply	DC-servos
(m)		(m/s)
Height	0,15m	Weight	1,3kg	Act. degrees of freedom	16	Power supply	5V DC
(m)		(kg)
Width	0,12-0,3m	Load	700g	Pas. degrees of freedom	0	Power consumption	12-15Watt
(m)		(kg)

References

[Neubauer et al., 1993], [Neubauer et al., 1992], [Neubauer, 1994]

PLIF

General description of the walking machine project

Name of the walking machine/project:$PLIF$
Begin and end of the Project:$Jan.\; 1996\; -$
Project costs:$3\; \$$
Building effort [person years]:$1$
Source of financial support:$$

Research group

DEES Systems and control Group

Staff of the project:

G. Muscato L. Fortuna F. De Ambroggi

Information via www: http://sun158.dees.unict.it/~giovanni/PLIF.HTM

Contact address:

Giovanni Muscato, Dipartimento Elettrico Elettronico e Sistemistico
viale A. Doria 6, 95125 CATANIA, ITALY
Tel: ++39 95 339535, Fax: ++39 95 330793, Email: giomus@dees.unict.it

Technical data of the walking machine

Dimension		Capacity		Mobility		Energy supply
Length	0.02m	Max. speed	20cm/s	Number of legs	3	Energy supply
Hight	0.02m	Weight	3g	Act. degrees of freedom	2	Power supply
Width	0.02m	Load	1g	Pas. degrees of freedom	1	Power consumption

References

see http://sun158.dees.unict.it/~giovanni/PLIF.HTM

Plustech

General description of the walking machine project

Name of the walking machine/project:$$
Begin and end of the Project:$$
Project costs:$$
Building effort [person years]:$$
Source of financial support:$$

Research group

Staff of the project:

Information via www: http://www.plustech.fi

Contact address:

Plustech Oy
Lokomokatu 15, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland
Tel.: +358 31 250 1691, Fax: +358 31 250 1690, Email: sales@plustech.fi

Technical data of the walking machine

Dimension		Capacity		Mobility		Energy supply
Length	3.5m	Max. speed	1m/s	Number of legs	6	Energy supply	Diesel mengine
Hight	3.0m	Weight	3500kg	Act. degrees of freedom	18	Power supply	hydraulic power
Width	2.0m	Load		Pas. degrees of freedom	0	Power consumption

References

Polypod

General description of the walking machine project

Name of the walking machine/project:$Polypod$
Begin and end of the Project:$1992\; -\; 1994$
Project costs:$$
Building effort [person years]:$3$
Source of financial support:$$

Research group

Stanford University, CS Robotics Lab, Palo Alto

Staff of the project:

Mark Yim

Information via www: http://robotics.stanford.edu/users/mark/polypod.html

Contact address:

Mark Yim, Stanford University, CS Robotics Lab
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Email: mark@robotics.stanford.edu

Technical data of the walking machine

Dimension		Capacity		Mobility		Energy supply
Length	0.06m	Max. speed		Number of legs	4	Energy supply	Gel Cell batteries onboard and offboard
Height	0.06m	Weight		Act. degrees of freedom	0	Power supply	12V DC
Width	0.06m	Load		Pas. degrees of freedom	0	Power consumption	70Watt

References

[Yim, 1993], [Yim, 1994], [Yim, 1995]