A survey of bioinspired jumping robot: takeoff, air posture adjustment, and landing buffer

ZQ Zhang, J Zhao, HL Chen… - Applied bionics and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A bioinspired jumping robot has a strong ability to overcome obstacles. It can be applied to
the occasion with complex and changeable environment, such as detection of planet …

Insect-inspired jumping robots: challenges and solutions to jump stability

G Ribak - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•The jumps of insect-inspired robots are unstable and hard to control.•Pre-jump
adjustments provide limited means to control the jump.•Focusing on stabilising the aerial …

Analysis and comparison of two jumping leg models for bioinspired locust robot

Z Zhang, D Chen, K Chen, H Chen - Journal of Bionic Engineering, 2016 - Springer
Bionic jumping robot can cross the obstacles by jumping, and it has a good application
prospect in the unstructured complex environment. The less Degree of Freedom (DOF) …

3D self-deployment of jumping robot sensor nodes for improving network performance in obstacle dense environment

J Zhang, B Chen, Y Zhang, C Jiang, A Song - Measurement, 2023 - Elsevier
Wireless sensor node deployment in unconstructed environments affects the network's
connectivity. This paper presents the 3D self-deployment of jumping robot sensor nodes …

Port-Hamiltonian modeling and jumping trajectory tracking control for a bio-inspired quadruped robot

C Zhang, W Zou, L Ma, N Cheng - Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, 2024 - Elsevier
Applying jumping locomotion into autonomous mobile robot is an effective way for improving
abilities to overcome barriers and pass through complex terrains. In this paper, based on the …

Dynamic model and performance analysis of rigid-flexible coupling four-bar leg mechanism for small scale bio-inspired jumping robot

ZQ Zhang, Q Yang, J Zhao, S Gui - Microsystem Technologies, 2019 - Springer
Bio-inspired jumping robot can imitate the jumping process of creatures, and can move in
environment with large obstacles. This type of robot can be applied to complex situations …

An omnidirectional jumper with expanded movability via steering, self-righting and take-off angle adjustment

S Yim, SM Baek, GP Jung… - 2018 IEEE/RSJ …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose an omnidirectional jumper with expanded locomotion capabilities.
The mechanisms for four functions-jumping, steering, self-righting and take-off angle …

Frog-inspired jumping robot actuated by pneumatic muscle actuators

J Zhong, M Luo, X Liu, J Fan… - Advances in Mechanical …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Jumping robots can be widely applied in archeology, interstellar probe, antiterrorism, and
resource exploration. This article adopts the frog as the bionic object and briefly analyzes …

[HTML][HTML] Obstacle detection and autonomous stair climbing of a miniature jumping robot

Y Zhang, J Zhang, B Chen, H Chen, A Song - Biomimetic Intelligence and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Miniature jumping robots (MJRs) have difficulty executing autonomous movements in
unstructured environments with obstacles because of their limited perception and computing …

Jumping robot with initial body posture adjustment and a self-righting mechanism

K Chen, D Chen, Z Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
To improve jumping performance, this paper presents a jumping robot with initial body
posture adjustment and a self-righting mechanism. A segmental gear, stretching and …