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Towards a Stable Three-Legged Under-Actuated Robotic Platform

Abstract

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The work seeks toward further developing a novel robotic platform capable of stable three legged locomotion. This will be accomplished by creating a robust and adaptable robotic platform capable of executing different walking strategies and taking multiple continuous steps. Previous iterations of this platform have been developed, all of which have used a single gait strategy. This study will seek to develop two new strategies. The first of which is a modification of the original strategy with theoretically improved gate robustness. A second strategy will seek to implement more advanced control techniques to create a fully stable balanced gait.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Science
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Mechanical Engineering
Department dc:contributor.department
Mechanical Engineering
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
2015

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Webb, Jacob Daniel
Chairs dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Hong, Dennis W.
  • Leonessa, Alexander
Committee member dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Sturges, Robert H.

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

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Dc Identifier Other
vt_gsexam:4338
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/51390

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citation

Webb, Jacob Daniel. Towards a Stable Three-Legged Under-Actuated Robotic Platform. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51390