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Hopping robot

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OSTI ID:873788
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  1. Albuquerque, NM
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The present invention provides a hopping robot that includes a misfire tolerant linear actuator suitable for long trips, low energy steering and control, reliable low energy righting, miniature low energy fuel control. The present invention provides a robot with hopping mobility, capable of traversing obstacles significant in size relative to the robot and capable of operation on unpredictable terrain over long range. The present invention further provides a hopping robot with misfire-tolerant combustion actuation, and with combustion actuation suitable for use in oxygen-poor environments.
Research Organization:
SANDIA CORP
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Number(s):
US 6247546
OSTI ID:
873788
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

Analysis of a Simplified Hopping Robot journal December 1991
Rapid world modelling from a mobile platform conference January 1997
Advanced Operator Interfaces for a Remote Mobile Manipulation Robot
  • Horschel, Daniel S.; Little, Charles Q.; Boissiere, Peter T.
  • International Conference on Environmental Systems, SAE Technical Paper Series https://doi.org/10.4271/951572
conference July 1995

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