A low cost modular actuator for dynamic robots

Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2018.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Katz, Benjamin G
Other Authors: Sangbae Kim.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118671
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spelling mit-1721.1/1186712019-04-10T09:35:51Z A low cost modular actuator for dynamic robots Katz, Benjamin G Sangbae Kim. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2018. This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-91). This thesis details the hardware and control development for a low-cost modular actuator, intended for use in highly dynamic robots. A small 12 degree of freedom quadruped robot has built using these actuators, on which several control experiments have been performed. Despite the relatively low cost of the actuators, the quadruped has demonstrated unprecedented dynamic behaviors for a robot of this scale and number of degrees of freedom, such as a full 360° backflip from standing on flat ground. Several other implementations of these actuators are also discussed, a including bilateral teleoperation and haptic feedback system and a 6 degree of freedom lower-body biped robot. by Benjamin G. Katz. S.M. 2018-10-22T18:27:40Z 2018-10-22T18:27:40Z 2018 2018 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118671 1057343368 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 104 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
spellingShingle Mechanical Engineering.
Katz, Benjamin G
A low cost modular actuator for dynamic robots
title A low cost modular actuator for dynamic robots
title_full A low cost modular actuator for dynamic robots
title_fullStr A low cost modular actuator for dynamic robots
title_full_unstemmed A low cost modular actuator for dynamic robots
title_short A low cost modular actuator for dynamic robots
title_sort low cost modular actuator for dynamic robots
topic Mechanical Engineering.
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