Golden wheel spider-inspired rolling robots for planetary exploration

Western, Anastasia; Haghshenas-Jaryani, Mahdi; Hassanalian, Mostafa

doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.12.030

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“…Appendix 12 Push things [86,88] Arachnida [168-171, 174-176, 179-183, 185, 187-189, 191-195, 198, 200, 201] -L 80.5% Exploration [170,172,174,176,177,183,189,190,192,195,197,198,200,203 The environment adaptation is related to locomotion [79]. In the case of terrestrial robots, they can perform different gait modes such as crawling, inching, rolling, digging, climbing, jumping, etc.…”

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Bio-inspired design of hard-bodied mobile robots based on arthropod morphologies: a 10 year systematic review and bibliometric analysis

Cornejo,

Sierra-Garcia,

Gomez-Gil

et al. 2024

Bioinspir. Biomim.

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This research presents a 10-year systematic review based on bibliometric analysis of the bio-inspired design of hard-bodied mobile robot mechatronic systems considering the anatomy of arthropods. These are the most diverse group of animals whose flexible biomechanics and adaptable morphology, thus, it can inspire robot development. Papers were reviewed from two international databases (Scopus and Web of Science) and one platform (Aerospace Research Central), then they were classified according to: year of publication (January 2013 to April 2023), arthropod group, published journal, conference proceedings, editorial publisher, research teams, robot classification according to the name of arthropod, limb’s locomotion support, number of legs/arms, number of legs/body segments, limb’s degrees of freedom, mechanical actuation type, modular system, and environment adaptation. During the screening, more than 33000 works were analyzed. Finally, a total of 174 studies (90 journal-type, 84 conference-type) were selected for in-depth study: Insecta - hexapod (53,8%), Arachnida - octopods (20.7%), Crustacea - decapods (16,1%), and Myriapoda – centipedes and millipedes (9,2%). The study reveals that the most active editorials are the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., Springer, MDPI, and Elsevier, while the most influential researchers are located in the USA, China, Singapore, and Japan. Most works pertained to spiders, crabs, caterpillars, cockroaches, and centipedes. We conclude that “arthrobotics” research, which merges arthropods and robotics, is constantly growing and includes a high number of relevant studies with findings that can inspire new methods to design biomechatronic systems.

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Bio-inspired design of hard-bodied mobile robots based on arthropod morphologies: a 10 year systematic review and bibliometric analysis

Cornejo,

Sierra-Garcia,

Gomez-Gil

et al. 2024

Bioinspir. Biomim.

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“…Each bionic foot possessed four toes to stabilize them on granular materials. Moreover, other planetary exploration robots employing rolling [16] and jumping [17] modes have also been studied. In a weightless environment, the focus of research is on free-flying robots.…”

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Omnidirectional Continuous Movement Method of Dual-Arm Robot in a Space Station

Zhang

Wang

Zhou

et al. 2023

Sensors

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The burgeoning complexity of space missions has amplified the research focus on robots that are capable of assisting astronauts in accomplishing tasks within space stations. Nevertheless, these robots grapple with substantial mobility challenges in a weightless environment. This study proposed an omnidirectional continuous movement method for a dual-arm robot, inspired by the movement patterns of astronauts within space stations. On the basis of determining the configuration of the dual-arm robot, the kinematics and dynamics model of the robot during contact and flight phases were established. Thereafter, several constraints are determined, including obstacle constraints, prohibited contact area constraints, and performance constraints. An optimization algorithm based on the artificial bee colony algorithm was proposed to optimize the trunk motion law, contact point positions between the manipulators and the inner wall, as well as the driving torques. Through the real-time control of the two manipulators, the robot is capable of achieving omnidirectional continuous movement across various inner walls with complex structures while maintaining optimal comprehensive performance. Simulation results demonstrate the correctness of this method. The method proposed in this paper provides a theoretical basis for the application of mobile robots within space stations.

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