Date of Publication :7th April 2016
Abstract: The aim of the project is to build a four?legged walking robot that is capable of basic mobility tasks such as walking forward, backward, rotating in place and raising or lowering the body height. The legs will be of a modular design and will have two degrees of freedom per leg. This robot will serve as a platform onto which additional sensory components could be added, or which could be programmed to perform increasingly complex motions. It can be further used for various applications based on the requirement. Mammals are chosen as models because their nervous system is simpler than other animal species. Also, complex behaviors can be attributed to just a few neurons and the pathway between sensory input and motor output is relatively shorter. Mammals' walking behavior and neural architecture are used to improve robot locomotion. Alternatively, biologists can use Quadruped robots for testing different hypotheses.
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