Walk two pairs and fly!Kimokawarobot "LEO" that you like at first glance

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I was surprised to hear that there was a drone that flew, a skateboarding, and a slack line.Is it a drone?If you think, the identity is Kimokawa and somehow charming robot.Leonardo, a future robot that mixes the movement of flying when walking.

Leonardo, commonly known as LEO.It is the same as Leo's Leo, but the origin of the name is "LEGS ONBOARD DRONE (drone with legs)".LEO is developed by the Caltech Research Team at California Institute of Technology.The name is a drone with legs, but of course it is not just attached to the drone with a leggacone.In order to combine the two movements of walking and flying well, the design and software from zero are also developed exclusively for LEO.

Prototype robot influenced by Atom and Iron Man

At this stage, LEO is still a prototype.This is a prototype that demonstrates the concept of a robot that can handle both flying and walking.If you can walk or fly, the range of tasks that can be handled will be expanded, and in the future it will be assumed to be repaired in infrastructure equipment, work in high altitudes, industrial accidents and natural disasters.Eventually, there is a possibility of playing on Mars.

When Gizmodo, Gizmodo, interviewed Cartech, it was influenced by LEO's appearance, such as Astro Boy and Richard Browning, like Iron Man.It's rude to say Kimokawa, but was the reason for feeling charming?I see, I understand something.Nevertheless, the appearance of the project is to study a mix of walking and flying, and the control of hybrid movements.

The engineer struggles by flying and walking, but it has been a natural movement in nature.Birds, insects.However, the robot that was born in this world much later than birds and insects has evolving handicap, only flying or walking.Walking = The advantage of Robo on the land is that you can have stability and heavy luggage, and the disadvantages do not reach high.Flying = empty robot (drone) can fly in various environments with high mobility, but is not good at multitasking due to energy.Cartec has developed LEO to combine these good points (stability on land and the air in the sky).

The first thing you need is a stable and lightweight member.And it is an algorithm that controls the four propellers and leg joints so that they do not lose their varium.In the concept of the conventional robot of walking and flying movements, this is a big challenge that manages to remove a mechanism that can not be fused by bending.The detailed specialty is in the paper.

You can walk and fly, outstanding sense of balance

LEO weight is 2.58 kg, height is 75 cm.With a slender body, it supports takeoff and landing by providing multiple jeines on the legs.Furthermore, four propellers are jump and sink.Looking at how to walk LEO, it was a great pin heel even though it was my first heel!I feel the danger like this, but it is actually outstanding.How to walk to balance.Also, in case of emergency, the propeller works to support balance and stability.Indeed, when you fly, the movement of walking is a relationship where you can help each other.All batteries and sensors are concentrated on the upper body, making it without wires.By the way, in the current prototype, the possibility of movement is the main and the power efficiency is secondary.

In the experiment, we repeated the movement of flying when walking, and challenged skateboards and slacks that need both elements for balance.The research team is very confident that the LEO prototype has a function of flying objects with multiple rotors, and can walk with complex movements on land.

LEO, who can do complicated tasks in Kimokawa, has high expectations, while others point out weaknesses.Stefano Mintchev, a researcher at the Faculty of Environmental System Systems at Zurich University, said as an advice, although he was not directly involved in LEO research.

He also advises that he should continue to learn from natural creatures, such as snakes that fly flat and fly in the sky.

LEO, Robo I want to watch from now on.

Source: Sciencerobothics