Walking Bot – Theo Jansen Mechanism

Walking Bot – Theo Jansen Mechanism

Author Name : Mr. Vidur Vivek Gundage, Sahil jagtap, Ankita Mane, Monali Sonwalker, Suraj Satre

ABSTRACT This report described the design and fabrication process of a 2n-legged passive walker based on the work of Theo Jansen; the primary focus of this project is the design of a crank based leg linkage. In last several decades a wide variety of legged mechanism have been researched for the applications of legged locomotion such as planetary exploration, walking chairs for the disable and for military transport and rescue in radioactive zones for nuclear industries and other hostile environments. Although legged walking mechanism have a high potential in mobility and energy efficiency on rough terrain. They often involve a large number of geometrical dimensions, which makes it necessary to resort to optimization to achieve a high quality design. Reduce the energy loss has always been the interest in designing the legged mechanism