Quadrupedal Robots for Planetary Exploration

Dr. Hendrik Kolvenbach presents the research results performed at the Robotic Systems Lab of ETH Zurich on dynamically walking quadrupedal robots for planetary exploration. He focuses on the locomotion aspects and experimental validation. This lecture was held as part of the Lecture Series on Space Research and Exploration at ETH Zurich (). 07:39 Motivation 13:01 Dynamically walking quadrupeds 21:23 Low-gravity locomotion 30:49 Locomotion on dry, granular media 37:38 Using limbs to probe the environment 41:49 Inspecting subterranean environments 47:10 Objectives in lunar exploration 53:17 ESA Resource Challenge 1:00:45 Q&A Further details can be found in the following document: