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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2011
Sang-won Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Kwan-young Joung, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jin-young Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
O-hung Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Sang-Won Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Kwan-Young Joung, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jin-Young Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
O-Hung Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Korea Institute of Indistrial Technology, Chungcheongnam-Do, KR;
Abstract
A multi-legged apparatus enables a multi-legged robot to provide a natural motion, and includes a body portion comprising a body, a front leg portion comprising a front fixing portion fixed to the body, and a front rotating portion rotatably connected to the front fixing portion, a rear leg portion connected to the body and a rear leg portion comprising a rear rotating portion rotatably connected to the rear fixing portion, and a first link rotatably connected, at both ends, to the front and rear rotating portions, respectively. The body portion additionally includes a driving portion which rotates one of the front and rear rotating portions. By employing the first link and the driving portion, the body of the multi-legged robot is moved to and fro and left and right naturally in accordance with the movement of the legs, in a similar pattern as that generally shown in actual multi-legged animals.