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SUMMARY:Animals as models for robot mobility and autonomy: Crawling\, walk
 ing\, running\, climbing and flying
DTSTART:20100531T141500
DTSTAMP:20260410T074445Z
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Roger Quinn\, Case Western Reserve University\nFundament
 al principles of cockroach locomotion are applied using existing technolog
 ies. Robots called WhegsTM have mechanical designs that passively solve lo
 wer level motor control problems and their subsequent agility makes them s
 uitable for many applications in the near term. WhegsTM can climb barriers
  much taller than their leg lengths. Small robots called Mini- WhegsTM can
  run rapidly over relatively large obstacles and even jump up stairs. A Mi
 ni- WhegsTM with specially designed legs and animal inspired adhesive feet
  can climb vertical glass walls. It places each of its adhesive feet on th
 e wall\, propels itself through the stance phase\, and peals its feet from
  the wall mimicking insect foot motion. Mini- WhegsTM has also been integr
 ated with a micro air vehicle to form MALV (micro air and land vehicle). A
  new robot called “DIGbot” uses a biologically inspired concept called
  Distributed Inward Gripping (DIG) to walk inverted. \nAnimals that have s
 oft bodies can very effectively locomote and manipulate materials in their
  environment. For example\, worms\, leeches and slugs are all capable of m
 oving through complex environments. The Chiel-Quinn groups have developed 
 peristaltic robots and a soft gripper device. The peristaltic robots are h
 ollow to allow fluid to pass through them. We have also developed a soft g
 ripper device consisting of a series of 4 rings\, each of which is constru
 cted from four McKibben actuators\, arranged in parallel to form a hollow 
 lumen.
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