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Patent Inventor Names
Matthew D. Summer0
Robert F. Varley0
Laurance H. Davis, III0
James A. Stiver0
Date of Patent
March 4, 2008
0Patent Application Number
112053840
Date Filed
August 17, 2005
0Patent Citations Received
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Patent abstract
A robot body includes a front half and rear half and a rotatable and driven articulating joint interconnecting the front half and rear half. Multi-limbed legs extend from the robot body and are adapted to engage a ground surface to form a support polygon for each half and for the robot body. A controller is operative with each leg for determining the position and orientation of the robot body with respect to a support polygon, mapping the posture of the robot body with respect to the ground surface via the articulating joint, and determining a direction and magnitude of locomotion and translating a trajectory of locomotion to specific limb motions for each leg.
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