SLIDER

The Imperial SLIDER is a novel bipedal walking robot that is currently under construction in our lab. Stay tuned for more information!

Simulation of SLIDER

 

 

SLIDER walking in Gazebo -- 45-degree view

SLIDER walking in Gazebo -- 45-degree viewPlay video
SLIDER walking in Gazebo -- 45-degree view

SLIDER walking in Gazebo -- 45-degree view

SLIDER walking in Gazebo -- 45-degree viewPlay video
SLIDER's first steps in the real world

SLIDER walking in simulation (early model)

SLIDER robot walking (front & side view) Play video
SLIDER robot walking (45-degree view) Play video
SLIDER robot walking on ice (ultra-low floor friction) Play video

SLIDER walking in simulation (full dynamics model)

SLIDER robot walking (close-up view) Play video
SLIDER robot walking (top & back view) Play video
SLIDER robot walking (side view) Play video

SLIDER walking in the real world

SLIDER - beginning to walk Play video
SLIDER Play video
SLIDER Play video

Publications

  1. Ke Wang, Aksat Shah, Petar Kormushev, "SLIDER: A Novel Bipedal Walking Robot without Knees", In Proc. 19th International Conference Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS 2018), Bristol, UK, 2018. (Best Poster Award)
  2. Ke Wang, Aksat Shah, Petar Kormushev, "SLIDER: A Bipedal Robot with Knee-less Legs and Vertical Hip Sliding Motion", In Proc. 21st International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and Support Technologies for Mobile Machines (CLAWAR 2018), Panama, 2018.

 

More details coming soon...

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