FLHex: a flapped-paddle hexapod for all-terrain amphibious locomotion

This paper presents the design of a versatile mechanism that can enable new directions in amphibious, all-terrain locomotion. The simple, passive, flapped-paddle can be integrated with several structures that are well-suited for locomotion in terrestrial applications. The flapped-paddle overcomes a ...

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Main Authors: Piotr Burzynski, Ashutosh Simha, Ülle Kotta, Ewa Pawluszewicz, Shivakumar Sastry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Polish Academy of Sciences 2021-09-01
Series:Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences
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Online Access:https://journals.pan.pl/Content/120816/PDF/Z_21_02278_Bpast.No.69(6)_OK.pdf