Legged locomotion over irregular terrains: State of the art of human and robot performance

A Torres-Pardo, D Pinto-Fernández… - Bioinspiration & …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Legged robotic technologies have moved out of the lab to operate in real environments,
characterized by a wide variety of unpredictable irregularities and disturbances, all this in …

Comparative study of terramechanics properties of spherical and cylindrical feet for planetary legged robots on deformable terrain

H Yang, C Zhang, L Ding, Q Wei, H Gao, G Liu… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Legged robots exhibit superior adaptability to complex extraterrestrial environments
compared to wheeled mobile robots. However, legged robots employed in planetary …

Integrated barometric pressure sensors on legged robots for enhanced tactile exploration of edges

T Van Hauwermeiren, A Sianov… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents a new tactile sensor that utilizes an array of barometric pressure sensors
encased in a deformable rubber sphere. Designed as an end effector foot of the legged …

Acoustic tactile sensing for mobile robot wheels

W Mason, D Brenken, FZ Dai, RGC Castillo… - ar** with augmented navigation cost through deep learning
FG Oliveira, AA Neto, D Howard, P Borges… - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2021 - Springer
This work addresses the problem of map** terrain features based on inertial and LiDAR
measurements to estimate navigation cost, for an autonomous ground robot. The navigation …

[HTML][HTML] An online terrain classification framework for legged robots based on acoustic signals

D Qin, G Zhang, Z Zhu, X Zeng, J Cao - Biomimetic Intelligence and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Terrain classification information is of great significance for legged robots to traverse various
terrains. Therefore, this communication presents an online terrain classification framework …