OLIE (One Leg Is Enough)

General description of the walking machine project

Name of the walking machine/project:$running\; machine:\; OLIE\; (One\; Leg\; Is\; Enough)$
Begin and end of the Project:$start:\; 1995\; -\; end:\; 1999$
Project costs:$ca.\; USD\; 12.000$
Building effort [person years]:$6$
Source of financial support:$partially\; funded\; by\; the\; Vrije\; Universiteit\; Brussel$

Research group

Multibody Mechanics Group of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
(VUB = Dutch speaking part of the Free University of Brussels)

Staff of the project:

Prof. Dirk Lefeber (head of the group)
Hans De Man (assistant)
Jimmy Vermeulen (assistant)

Information via www: http://wwwtw.vub.ac.be/ond/werk/multibody.htm

Contact address:

Hans De Man, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (TW - WERK)
Pleinlaan 2 - 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: ++ 32-2-629.28.08, Fax: ++32-2-629.28.65, Email: hdman@vub.ac.be

Technical data of the walking machine

Dimension		Capacity		Mobility		Energy supply
Length	0.7m	Max. speed	1m/s??	Number of legs	1	Energy supply	2 AC brushless servomotors
Hight	0.7m	Weight	12kg	Act. degrees of freedom	2	Power supply	3 x 220 V (AC)
Width	0.3m	Load	3kg??	Pas. degrees of freedom	3	Power consumption	300Watt???

? in the table means that the tests are still running.

References

see [Man, 1995, Man et al., 1996a, Man et al., 1996b, Man et al., 1997b, Man et al., 1997a, Man et al., 1998, Lefeber et al., 1996a, Lefeber et al., 1996b]

OSU Hexapod

General description of the walking machine project

Name of the walking machine/project:$OSU\; Hexapod$
Begin and end of the Project:$1977$
Project costs:$$
Building effort [person years]:$$
Source of financial support:$???$
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Research group

Ohio State University

Staff of the project:

McGhee

Information via www: ???

Contact address:
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Technical data of the walking machine

Dimension		Capacity		Mobility		Energy supply
Length	???	Max. speed	???	Number of legs	6	Energy supply	???
Height	???	Weight	136kg	Act. degrees of freedom	18	Power supply	???
Width	???	Load	???	Pas. degrees of freedom	??	Power consumption	???

References

[Ozguner et al., 1984]

ozomatli

General description of the walking machine project

Name of the walking machine/project:$Ozomatli$
Begin and end of the Project:$june\; 1994-april\; 1996$
Project costs:$USD\; 3455$
Building effort [person years]:$4$
Source of financial support:$Internal\; research\; project$

Research group

Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City, Mexico

Staff of the project:

Dr. Roberto F. Jacobus
Jesus Zepeda R.
Marcela Gutierrez P.
Raul Basualdo G.
Roberto Diaz L.

Information via www: http://www.mixcoac.upmx.mx/info/ozomatli.html

Contact address:

Dr. Roberto Jacobus, Universidad Panamericana
August Rodin 498, Col. Insurgentes Mixcoac, Mexico City, c.p 03920, Mexico D.F, Mexico
Tel: ++52 5 598-5388, Fax: ++52 5 563-3747, Email: rjacobus@mixcoac.upmx.mx

Technical data of the walking machine

Dimension		Capacity		Mobility		Energy supply
Length	0,7m	Max. speed	3m/s	Number of legs	3	Energy supply	Pneumatic robot
Height	0,86m	Weight	40 kg	Act. degrees of freedom		Power supply
Width	0,98m	Load		Pas. degrees of freedom		Power consumption

References