2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Feasibility study on Giacometti Robotics
| Project/Area Number |
15K13907
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Intelligent mechanics/Mechanical systems
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Research Collaborator |
Endo Gen
NABAE Hiroyuki
Ahmad Athif Mohd Faudz
TAKEICHI Masashi
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | Giacometti robotics / Artificial muscles |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We have proposed a concept of a new robot design, Giacometti Robotics, which features "light, long, simple" and demonstrated its great potential through prototyping two kinds of robots.
"Legged lightweight walking robot" is a 6-legged robot with a length of 1.5 m and a mass of 4 kg, and has been demonstrated "portability" and "essential safety" with walking experiments in outdoors and dropping tests from stairs. "Ultra light weight, super long length robot arm" is a balloon type arm with a length of 20 m, a mass of 980 g, and 20 joints, which has neutral buoyant with helium gas. Its "Portability" and "intrinsic safety" were demonstrated by conducting an inspection test for high buildings.
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| Free Research Field |
Robotics
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