HITBWR-III

 

General description of the walking machine project

Name of the walking machine/project: HITBWR-III (Harbin Inst. of Tech. Biped Walking Robot)
Begin and end of the Project: Jan. 1988 - July 1995
Project costs:
Mechanics: 100.000 yuan (the monetary currancy of China)
Sensors/actuators:150.000 yuan
Building effort: 3.7
(person-years)
Source of financial support: The National Science Foundation, National 863 Plan (China)

Research group

The Biped Walking Technique of Intelligent Robot. Harbin Institute of Technology

Staff of the project:

Prof. Qiang Wen-Yi (director)
Prof. Fu Pei Chen - human walking
Dr. Ding Ning - sensor system, hardware architectur
Dr. Dai Shao-An - An Simulation system, behavior control

Information via www:

Contact address:

Prof. Qiang Wen-Yi, Harbin Institute of Technology,
West Da Zhi Street No. 92, Harbin, China
Fax.: 86 451 3621048,Tel:3621000 3031.3103, Email: wyqiang@hitnet.ihep.an.cn

Technical data of the walking machine

Dimension Capacity Mobility Energy supply
Length Max. speed 0,20m/s Number of legs 2 Energy supply DC-servos
Height 1.0m Weight 40kg Act. degrees of freedom 12 Power supply 24V DC
Width 0.4m Load 5kg Pas. degrees of freedom 0 Power consumption 400Watt

References

[Anbin and Wenyi, 1989], [Ning et al., 1990b], [Ning et al., 1990a], [Peichen et al., 1989], [Wenyi et al., 1990], [Zhiyuan et al., 1990a]

Honda Human Robot

General description of the walking machine project

Name of the walking machine/project: Honda Human Robot
Begin and end of the Project: Dec 1996 - July 1997

Contact address

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Tokyo, Japan

Information via www: http://www.honda.co.jp/home/hpr/e_news/robot/index.html

Technical data of the walking machine

Dimension Capacity Mobility Energy supply
Length Max. speed Number of legs 2 Energy supply
Height 1,8m Weight 210kg Act. degrees of freedom 12 Power supply Battery 136V7Ah(Ni-ZN)
Width Load 5kg per hand Pas. degrees of freedom Power consumption

References