Welcome to the Hydra project! Despite their well-known advantages, traditional engineering methods are inflexible and unreliable when compared to biological organisms. The experts behind the HYDRA project, therefore, are contemplating a novel architecture for the development of artefacts inspired by cell-biology and based on simple building blocks. The potential of the new design standard will be exemplified through the construction of robotic systems that can change morphology, and result in ...

RoboCluster is a unique cluster in the field of robotics, comprising numerous SMEs, large companies, educational and research institutes. The numerous companies working in the field of robotics – both on the education, the development, the delivery and on the user side – form the basis on which the robotic center of competence, RoboCluster, is formalised. RoboCluster is a network organisation and localised on Funen (but not restricted to Funen). The purpose of RoboCluster is to hold, utilise and develop new knowledge and competence within the field of robotics. Henrik Hautop Lund from the AdapTronics group initiated the initiative together with the local and regional government.

Carnegie Mellon University Biorobotics Lab Demining This work develops key technologies for de-mining a target region, whether it be in shallow water, on land, or at the interface between them. The crucial first step of de-mining is finding the mines. Searching for mines is a dangerous and expensive task. The use of robots immediately bypasses the danger, reduces the cost, and potentially speeds the process. In de-mining, a robot must pass a mine-detecting sensor over all points in the region ...

Carnegie Mellon University Biorobotics Lab Modular Serpentine Robot Locomotion Task Description This work considers two issues: serpentine locomotion and modular robot design, specifically snake robots or "snakebots". Biological snakes move using different cyclic forms of locomotion, called gaits. Our goal is to enable serpentine robots to maneuver through three-dimensional terrains by adapting these gaits for our mechanical snakes. Project Information Event Calendar Weekly Reports ...

Carnegie Mellon University Sensor Based Planning Lab Design of Snake Robots: Task Description: Snake robots are a new type of robots, known also as serpentine robots. As the name suggests, these robots possess multiple actuated joints thus mulitple degrees of freedom. This gives them superior ability to flex, reach, and approach a huge volume in its workspace with infinte number of configurations. This redundance in configurations gives them the technical name: hyper redundant robots. Here ...

Carnegie Mellon University Sensor Based Planning Lab Indestructible Robot: Fallbot Project Description The goal of this project is to design and build a teleoperated mobile robot which can withstand high impact loading. More specifically, the intent is to design a robot (named FallBot) which is capable of sustaining falls from elevated positions, such as from the top of a building. The research presented here focuses primarily on the mechanical design of this robot: namely the general robot ...

Carnegie Mellon University Sensor Based Planning Lab Motion Planning for Snake Robots Task Description: Snake robots have many applications, but are hard to control. A person cannot simply operate each joint of a snake individually because there are too many. These robots require a motion planning algorithm. Motion planning for snake robots is difficult because the robots have many internal degrees of freedom that have to be coordinated to achieve purposeful motion. In motion planning jargo ...

Carnegie Mellon University Sensor Based Planning Lab SNOOPY Snoopy - Actuated Universal Joint Design Description: Snoopy, Double-Actuated Universal Joint Robot The simplest design that first comes to mind is stacking simple revolute joints as close as possible to each other and this led to the actuated universal joint design. As the name suggests, he design incorporates a universal joint with two motor to actuate each of the two degrees of freedom of the universal joint. There are many varia ...

The Sprawlettes "A small family of biomimetic siblings" Body Usage Highlights Sprawlette #01 Sprawlette body #01 is currently equipped with modular legs that allow easy alterations to the stiffness. It also has been outfitted with an analog compass (which unfortunately does not work well on our lab floor due to magnetic fields below), 2 light sensors and beacon mounting posts for LEDs using in overhead video capture. Sprawlette #02 Sprawlette body #02 has also been outfitted with an a ...

vSprawl Dynamic Simulation of Sprawlita in ADAMS Jonathan Clark and Darryl Thelen vSprawl is a full 3D model with geometric similarity to robot - Rigid body with six legs - Linear pneumatic actuators (variable force) - Spring-damper rotational joints in sagittal plane - Friction and ground contact models We built a detailed dynamic model in order to: 1) Test hypotheses for improved locomotion such as: Increasing back leg stroke yields faster running There is an optimal ...

Concept Demonstration In FY-95, under ONR sponsorship, SSC San Diego developed an optical docking sensor with processor for installation on SSC San Diego's dedicated Odyssey vehicle (provided by SeaGrant). In March-April 1996 the system was employed in month-long AOSN vehicle docking experiments at Buzzard's Bay, MA, to demonstrate autonomous underwater docking. The ability to reliably mate with an underwater docking station provides the capability for Odyssey to recharge its internal silver-zi ...

In 1998, MDA initiated a strategic business thrust in the area of Space Exploration. Since then, the company has expanded its world leading position in earth-orbital space robotics to become a dominant provider of exploration robotic systems and missions targeted at the Moon, Mars, asteroids, and other solar system locations. Examples of current Space Exploration activities at MDA include: The 2007 NASA Phoenix program. MDA is designing and developing the MET station to characterize the Mars a ...