Towards a novel embodied robot bio-inspired by non-human primates

Konferenz: ISR/Robotik 2014 - 45th International Symposium on Robotics; 8th German Conference on Robotics
02.06.2014 - 03.06.2014 in München, Germany

Tagungsband: ISR/Robotik 2014

Seiten: 7Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF

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Autoren:
Muscolo, Giovanni Gerardo (PMAR lab, Dept. of Applied Mechanics and Machine Design, Scuola Politecnica, University of Genova, Genova, Italy and Humanot s.r.l., Prato, Italy)
Recchiuto, Carmine Tommaso (Humanot s.r.l., Prato, Italy)
Sellers, William (The University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
Molfino, Rezia (PMAR lab, Dept. of Applied Mechanics and Machine Design, Scuola Politecnica, University of Genova, Genova, Italy)

Inhalt:
The authors propose an international cooperative project aimed at studying and reproducing the control principles that underlie the climbing abilities of monkeys. The final embodied robot that will be developed by the consortium will be bio-inspired by the anatomy and physiology of the cercopithecoid monkeys. Non-invasive experiments on living primates will drive the development of novel biological models, and dynamic balance-climbing control theories. Embodied climbing robots will be developed to implement arm swinging brachiation, vertical climbing, tail suspension, and horizontal locomotion. This interdisciplinary project brings together scientists, veterinarians and biologists, engineers and mathematicians from universities and industry.