{"228641":{"#nid":"228641","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Toward highly dynamic locomotion : actuation, structure and control of the MIT cheetah robot","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch6\u003ESchool of Physics Nonlinear Science and Mathematical Physics Series: Sangbae Kim, MIT\u003C\/h6\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn designing a new generation of legged robots, it is critical to\u0026nbsp;understand the design principles employed by animals. One of the\u0026nbsp;key steps to successful development of such bio-inspired robots is\u0026nbsp;to\u0026nbsp;systematically extract relevant biological principles, rather than direct copying\u0026nbsp;features of an animal solution, which may be impossible to realize or irrelevant in engineering domain.\u0026nbsp;The talk will introduce several examples that successfully implement bio-inspired design principles learned from animals. Our highlighting example is\u0026nbsp;the development of \u0026nbsp;the MIT Cheetah, currently running at 13.5mph with an\u0026nbsp;locomotion\u0026nbsp;efficiency rivaling animals. Three research thrusts of the MIT Cheetah are optimum actuator design, biotensegrity structure\u0026nbsp;design, and the momentum balancing control architecture\u0026nbsp;for a fast and stable gallop. Each research component is guided by the biomechanics studies of runners such as dogs and cheetahs capable of fast\u0026nbsp;traverse on rough and unstructured terrains. Through this project, we\u0026nbsp;seek to derive design principles of quadrupedal locomotion that share characteristics with available mechanical and electrical capabilities in order to develop\u0026nbsp;most efficient, robust robots, which will be part of our life in the future.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Toward highly dynamic locomotion : actuation, structure and control of the MIT cheetah robot"}],"uid":"27664","created_gmt":"2013-08-13 13:01:50","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:04:16","author":"Alison Morain","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2013-08-28T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2013-08-28T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2013-08-28T17:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2013-08-28 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2013-08-28 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2013-08-28 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"167823","name":"structure and control MIT cheetah robot"},{"id":"71471","name":"Toward highly dynamic locomotion : actuation"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:alison.morain@physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ealison.morain@physics.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}