Wiki¶

Hönnun X NEWS!¶

Hi there.

Tomorrow on thursday at class 15:45. The library lady will teach us how to find reliable scources of info. And the notebooks grading will be explained.

On the tuesday in class 10:20. Gísli will have his lecture on safety. Those who have not attended this lecture, the lecture is a must! Or else you can´t join the group in some of the work.

The report is due this weekend lastly on monday. Try to make it professional

• Check the wiki for what to put in the report.

Some people will need to go to the gait lab at Össur and get some data.

And the Management, especially the CFO will pitch the idea to gather some money for our loving robot.

Events¶

Class notes¶

Oral Exam¶

Gait Presentation¶

Research¶

• leitaraðferðir (úr fyrirlestri)
• Anthropometry
• RelatedWork
• Anatomical terms of motion
• A home-made humanoid robot, hip joints especially interesting. Here.
• Another interesting hip joint variable. Here.
• Human like gait robot called petman developed by the geniuses at Boston Dynamics. Here. youtube video Here.
• robotic leg
• Air Muscle
• Gait walking adjustable
• links for motors and sensors
• An article about torque in both the knee and hip, both passive and active. Here.
• Angular velocity of knee Here.
  *intresting linkHere.

Useful links¶

*Fundamentals of design by A. Slocum. Has useful information about various mechanical concepts. Here.
*Stanford lectures on robotics. Here.

Other mediums¶

Facebook group

Software to consider¶

Materials Requisition and Planning¶

• Apache OpenForBusiness http://ofbiz.apache.org/
• Oracle (HA!)

Report for Össur pitch:¶

• Schematics & technical requirements
• Calculations for power/torque etc.
• Cost of desired/required parts.
• Risk analysis.

Sites to look at for components¶

• Torqeu (Did not find this on the web)
• Banner (Did not find this on the web)
• http://www.digikey.com/
• http://www.maxon.net/
• http://www.elfa.se/ (Íhlutir)
• http://www.farnell.com/ (Miðbæjarradio)
• Add your own site here!

Information from Össur where they get their stuff:

• mineba(motor)
• emoteq (rotor)
• Squiggle Motors http://www.newscaletech.com/squiggle_overview.html
• mouser electonics

Subversion¶

If you are using TortoiseSVN, remember to reboot after installing it.

Our repository is https://projects.cs.ru.is/svn/leggedrobot

Do not try to type this into a web browser, it does not work. You will need to use SVN to access it, or go to the Repository tab on this system.

About Me¶

• Michael