Re:Ghost Robotics' Minitaur Quadruped Conquers Stairs, Doors...
by ansible on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @02:08PM
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But if you added (say) a spring into the linkages, the rest-position could be tuned mechanically to be more energy efficient (e.g: zero power).
That might help with one particular gait, but I think it wouldn't give as much benefit for a system as flexible as this, which can run, hop, trot, and more.
And the spring itself would need to be modeled, and would make the position and force measurements less sensitive. That's why I don't think it would be a net win.
That might help with one particular gait, but I think it wouldn't give as much benefit for a system as flexible as this, which can run, hop, trot, and more.
And the spring itself would need to be modeled, and would make the position and force measurements less sensitive. That's why I don't think it would be a net win.