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Salamandra Robotica II: An Amphibious Robot to Study Salamander-Like Swimming and Walking Gaits

Crespi, Alessandro  
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Karakasiliotis, Konstantinos  
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Guignard, Andre
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2013
IEEE Transactions on Robotics

In this paper, we present Salamandra robotica II: an amphibious salamander robot that is able to walk and swim. The robot has four legs and an actuated spine that allow it to perform anguilliform swimming in water and walking on the ground. The paper first presents the new robot hardware design, which is an improved version of Salamandra robotica I. We then address several questions related to body–limb coordination in robots and animals that have a sprawling posture like salamanders and lizards, as opposed to the erect posture of mammals (e.g., in cats and dogs). In particular, we investigate how the speed of locomotion and curvature of turning motions depend on various gait parameters such as the body–limb coordination, the type of body undulation (offset, amplitude, and phase lag of body oscillations), and the frequency. Comparisons with animal data are presented, and our results show striking similarities with the gaits observed with real salamanders, in particular concerning the timing of the body’s and limbs’ movements and the relative speed of locomotion.

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research article
DOI
10.1109/TRO.2012.2234311
Web of Science ID

WOS:000317493900002

Author(s)
Crespi, Alessandro  
Karakasiliotis, Konstantinos  
Guignard, Andre
Ijspeert, Auke Jan  
Date Issued

2013

Publisher

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc

Published in
IEEE Transactions on Robotics
Volume

29

Issue

2

Start page

308

End page

320

Subjects

salamander robot

URL

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http://biorob.epfl.ch/salamandra
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REVIEWED

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