Motor vehicles – Special driving device – Stepper
Patent
1994-08-19
1996-09-03
Culbreth, Eric D.
Motor vehicles
Special driving device
Stepper
180901, 180 81, B62D 57032
Patent
active
055515258
ABSTRACT:
A climber robot has front and rear legs joined together by a pivoting knee joint and having pivoting ankle joints at their distal ends. Pneumatic muscle pairs attached to each leg allow the robot to move vertically and horizontally and make easy transitions over obstacles and from the horizontal to vertical plane.
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Iskarous Moenes Z.
Kawamura Kazuhiko
Pack Robert T.
Culbreth Eric D.
Patterson Mark J.
Vanderbilt University
Zeender F.
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