A passive, asymmetrically-compliant knee joint improves obstacle traversal in an insect-scale legged robot
Perrin E. Schiebel,Michelle C. Yuen,Robert J. Wood,Perrin E. Schiebel,Michelle C. Yuen,Robert J. Wood
Insects can locomote readily in challenging environments, such as over steep inclines and across obstacle-laden terrains, which still frustrate robots of similar size. In this work, inspired by the passive compliant properties of insect limbs, we use the insect-scale Harvard Ambulatory Microrobot and multilayer microfabrication techniques as platform to study the ability of passive mechanisms to i...
