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Article #489OSU's Walker (was Re: CM Ambler Rover )
From: Prasad Akella
Date: Sun, 27 May 1990 22:39
Date: Sun, 27 May 1990 22:39
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In article <95816@philabs.Philips.Com> psg@philabs.philips.com (Prabha Gopinath) writes: % % As a point of reference The Ohio State University was involved in the % design and construction of a hexapod from 1982 to approximately 1987. The last run of this machine was on fri, 18 may 90. % The Adaptive Suspension Vehicle (ASV) specd out as follows: % % 1. Wt approx 7000 lbs. % 2. Six legs. % 3. Uses a motorcycle engine as a prime mover. % 4. Two on-board multiprocessors 12 node and 8 nodes resply. % 5. Climbs 3 foot high walls and walks at 18 miles/hr. ^^^^^^ The max speed reliably achieved was 2.5 mph (or so they said). % The machine has been operative and walking and climbing for about 4 % years now. with Darpa cutting off funds, the prgm (sadly) is dead. -prasad
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!usc!apple!bionet!ames!eos!shelby!csli!prasad From: prasad@csli.Stanford.EDU (Prasad Akella) Newsgroups: comp.robotics Subject: OSU's Walker (was Re: CM Ambler Rover ) Message-ID: <13819@csli.Stanford.EDU> Date: 27 May 90 22:39:43 GMT References: <3708@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> <95816@philabs.Philips.Com> Sender: prasad@csli.Stanford.EDU (Prasad Akella) Reply-To: prasad@csli.stanford.edu (Prasad Akella) Organization: Calvin and Hobbes, Inc. Lines: 23