Mechanism design and analysis of cockroach robot based on double four-bar linkage

Jixie Gongcheng Xuebao/Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 14-22

  Ren, Guanjiao ^a   Chen, Weihai ^a   Chen, Bin ^a   Wang, Jianhua ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cockroach robot; Four bar linkage; Kinematics; Statics; Workspace

Indexed keywords

COCKROACH ROBOT; DEGREE OF FREEDOM (DOF); DRIVING TORQUES; FOUR-BAR LINKAGE; LEG MECHANISM; MECHANISM DESIGN; MOVING SPEED; PLANAR MOTION; SERIAL MECHANISM; STATICS; WORKSPACE;

BEARING CAPACITY; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); INVERSE KINEMATICS; ROBOT PROGRAMMING; ROBOTS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 79960036189     PISSN: 05776686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3901/JME.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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