Walking Robot - Photos

           

Photographs of the Walking Robot. Developed by Steve Collins and Andy Ruina at Cornell University. See attached articles for details. Photo on left by Steve Collins, photo on right by Andy Ruina.

CAD Rendering of the Walking Robot Design. Developed by Steve Collins and Andy Ruina at Cornell University. See attached articles for details. Image by Steve Collins.

Photograph of the Robot's "Brain". A simple Atmel microcontroller (in the development board on the left side) runs the high-level state machine that integrates simple sensor data and dictates behaviour of the motors and latches. Simple electrical relays (right side) act between the microcontroller and high-power electromechanical components. Photo by Steve Collins.

           

Cost of Transport Comparison. The normalized energy consumed by the walking robot was similar to humans and less than one tenth that of Honda's Asimo. It used less energy per unit distance per unit weight than any other walking robot to date. See attached articles for details. Image by Steve Collins.