Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : June 02, 2018 - June 05, 2018
The dolphin kick is the swimming style with an undulation of a body conducted after start and turn. Practicing dolphin kick is one of the effective way for improving swimmers' record. It has been researched using real swimmers, simulation and robots. Dolphin kick research requires a combination of these methods. However, existing robots have inadequate points including their body size and lack of a flexible spine. Thus, we developed human-scale pneumatically actuated musculoskeletal humanoid called Triton. It has flexible spine and adjustment system for lumbar joint stiffness. We conducted preliminary experiments that compare time-series of thrust force and joint angle between Triton and experimental results with simulations and human data.
