Biped Robot Research at Waseda University

Authors
Kenji Hashimoto, Atsuo Takanishi
Corresponding Author
Kenji Hashimoto
Available Online 2 March 2015.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2991/jrnal.2015.1.4.4
Keywords
Biped walking, Running, Humanoid robot, Legged robot, Walking chair
Abstract
Waseda University has researched on biped robots since 1967. This paper describes our latest biped robots: (i) WABIAN-2, (ii) a biped running robot, and (iii) WL-16. WABIAN-2 is a biped humanoid robot and has realized a human-like walk with the knees stretched by utilizing a 2-DOF waist mimicking a human’s pelvic motion. We are developing a new biped humanoid robot which can jump and run by utilizing a pelvic movement and leg elasticity. WL-16 is a human-carrying biped vehicle.

Copyright
© 2013, the Authors. Published by ALife Robotics Corp. Ltd.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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