Robotics
| In order to build a development platform for their robotic spine research, robotisists at the German DFKI center have created iStruct, a robotic ape for space exploration. |
Robotisists at the DFKI (the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence) is working on an "ape-like robotic system," with the aim to provide a suitable exploration platform for space.
This project is partially funded by the Space Agency of the German Aerospace Center and led by Daniel Kühn.
A key element of the iStruct design is the development of an electro-mechanical spine that mimics actual mammalian biology. In the image below, the first concept of an artificial spine is shown. The single elements of the spine are built as modules to allow a serial arrangement of the elements. Wires can run through the center of the spine, just as nerves run through actual spines. The effectiveness of this biomimicry in the robot ape design is demonstrated by the videos above and below.
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| Image Source: DFKI GmbH |
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The focus of the work in this project is mainly on the structure of a robot demonstrator and the development of intelligent structures for application in mobile robot systems, with special focus on walking machines.
It is the goal of the project to increase the efficiency of a complex walking robot by the purposeful use of intelligent structures. In order to achieve this goal, rigid or connecting elements are extended to single subsystems. Concerning mobility and sensor information, such subsystems provide an advantage to the overall system in which they are used. For testing and evaluation of the intelligent structures, a robot ape is being developed.
The video below shows the walking pattern of the developed ape-like robotic system. Besides different walking directions (forward, backward, sideways, and diagonally) a smooth transition between the respective directions is achieved.
SOURCE DFKI GmbH
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