Dynamic modeling of wing-assisted inclined running with a morphing multi-modal robot

Eric Sihite,Alireza Ramezani,Morteza Gharib,Eric Sihite,Alireza Ramezani,Morteza Gharib

Robot designs can take many inspirations from nature, where there are many examples of highly resilient and fault-tolerant locomotion strategies to navigate complex terrains by using multi-functional appendages. For example, Chukar and Hoatzin birds can repurpose their wings for quadrupedal walking and wing-assisted incline running (WAIR) to climb steep surfaces. We took inspiration from nature an...