Video

Roller-Walker: A Leg-Wheel Hybrid Walking Robot

Posted 2 Sep 2007 at 22:08 UTC by steve Share This

This week's video was brought to our attention by a post on the DPRG mailing list. The video shows a 2006 Japanese research robot called Roller-Walker, developed at the Hirose-Fukushima Robotics Lab. The robot has a hybrid locomotion system with legs that end in wheels. The wheels can be rotated so that the hubs face the ground and they act as feet for walking. The wheels can also rotate to act as normal wheels, allowing the robot to roll like a roller skater when the legs move appropriately. The result is remarkably graceful.

Robot of the Day

Harold

Built by
Tony Mercer

Recent blogs

2 Feb 2012 AI4U (Observer)
31 Jan 2012 Flanneltron (Journeyer)
29 Jan 2012 robotsrawsome (Observer)
27 Jan 2012 mwaibel (Master)
20 Jan 2012 Mubot (Master)
9 Jan 2012 The Swirling Brain (Master)
9 Jan 2012 steve (Master)
4 Jan 2012 evilrobots (Observer)
21 Dec 2011 spirit (Journeyer)
22 Nov 2011 robotvibes (Master)
16 Nov 2011 JLaplace (Observer)
8 Nov 2011 wesley.zilva (Observer)
31 Oct 2011 jmhenry (Journeyer)
16 Oct 2011 milk3dfx (Observer)
14 Oct 2011 Christophe Menant (Master)
20 Sep 2011 jcoat (Observer)
17 Sep 2011 githinkgp (Observer)
8 Aug 2011 Pi Robot (Master)

Newest Robots

7 Aug 2009 Titan EOD
13 May 2009 Spacechair
6 Feb 2009 K-bot
9 Jan 2009 3 in 1 Bot
15 Dec 2008 UMEEBOT
10 Nov 2008 Robot
10 Nov 2008 SAMM
24 Oct 2008 Romulus
30 Sep 2008 CD-Bot
26 Sep 2008 Little Johnny

User Cert Key

Observer
Apprentice
Journeyer
Master
X
Share this page