2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2012 - Conference Digest
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Abstract
Cats, from tiny domestic cats (Felix Catus) to big
tigers (Panthera Tigris), are well known for their great acrobatic
skills and hunting ability. Aiming to better understand how
the feline family interacts with the environment, we adopt
a biomimetic approach on a hopping feline hindlimb. Using
air muscles to simulate the compliance of biological muscles,
this robotic hindlimb has seven muscles and changes hopping
direction. We individually evaluate and estimate muscles contribution
to the jumping direction. Finally, we successfully control
the hopping direction using a non-linear curve fitting from experimental
results, hopefully contributing to the understanding
of our biological counterpart.This work was partially supported by KAKENHI Kiban(S) 23220004This is the accepted manuscript. The final version's available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491108