Single-Rod Brachiation Robot
Hijiri Akahane,Ikuo Mizuuchi,Hijiri Akahane,Ikuo Mizuuchi
In this paper, we propose a new brachiation robot, a single-rod brachiation robot. Brachiation is a method of locomotion that makes clever use of gravity and has been tried to apply to robots. Conventional brachiation robots are multiple-pendulum-like robots that mimic a gibbon. Although the multiple-pendulum-like robot can easily change the length of one brachiation step by joints, it has complex...
