Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : June 05, 2019 - June 08, 2019
Polychaetes have a number of body segments with a pair of parapodia. They walk and swim effectively by coordinating motion of parapodia and undulation of the flexible body. Clarifying the control mechanism underlying coordination between parapodia and body, we can not only provide new insights to biology but also contribute to developing multi-legged robots that can move effectively. For that purpose, our previous study proposed a decentralized control scheme that enables coordination between the motion of parapodia and body undulation in polychaete locomotion and validated it via simulations. However, the validity of the control scheme in the real world environment has not been verified yet. Accordingly, in this study, we developed a polychaete-like robot as a platform for validation.
