FROG
FROG is a quadruped robot that can walk, trot, and climb over obstacles. It's used as a research platform, but its creators are transforming one version into a Triceratops robot for a Chinese museum.
- Creator
- Year
- 2010
- Country
- China 🇨🇳
- Categories
- Features
Did you know?
FROG is short for four-legged robot for optimal gait.
History
FROG was developed by Dr. Wei Wang's team at the Institute of Automation, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Beijing. The quadruped is a research platform that Dr. Wang and his PhD students use to develop and test quadruped gait control, gait transition, and other locomotion algorithms. FROG was completed in 2010, and the researchers plan to upgrade its design and also use it for applications in entertainment, for example as robotic dinosaurs at science museums.
Specs
- Overview
Capable of performing different gait patterns and walking over a variety of surfaces.
- Status
Ongoing
- Year
2010
- Website
- Width
- 70 cm
- Height
- 95 cm
- Length
- 115 cm
- Weight
- 55 kg
- Sensors
Two cameras, three-axis accelerometer, three-axis gyro, ground contact sensors, ultrasonic sensors.
- Actuators
10 DC motors
- Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
- 10 (Leg: 2 DoF x 4; Camera: 2 DoF)
- Materials
Aluminum alloy frame and skeleton.
- Compute
Embedded control electronics, CANopen, wireless network.
- Software
RTLinux OS and custom control software.
- Power
48-V 18-A tethered power supply
- Cost
- $90,000 (total development cost)
