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A Compact Walking Robot – Flexible Research and Development Platform

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In the paper new six-legged robot Messor II is described. The new machine is the improved version of the previous robot Messor. The current design has better power to mass ratio. Additionally new servos, which power the joint of the robot, allows for better control and motion execution. The paper contains three main parts. In the first section mechanical design is presented. Then, the electronic part of the robot is described. Next the control system of the robot is outlined.

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  1. Institute of Control and Information Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, ul. Piotrowo 3a, 60-965, Poznan, Poland

    Dominik Belter & Krzysztof Walas

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  1. Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements PIAP, Warsaw, Poland

    Roman Szewczyk

  2. Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements PIAP, Warsaw, Poland

    Cezary Zieliński

  3. Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements PIAP, Warsaw, Poland

    Małgorzata Kaliczyńska

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Belter, D., Walas, K. (2014). A Compact Walking Robot – Flexible Research and Development Platform. In: Szewczyk, R., Zieliński, C., Kaliczyńska, M. (eds) Recent Advances in Automation, Robotics and Measuring Techniques. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 267. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05353-0_33

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