The wheeleg robot

This article describes a hybrid wheeled/legged robot, called the Wheeleg robot. The Wheeleg robot consists of wheels and legs separated but always acting together to locomote the system. A detailed description of the Wheeleg robot from a mechanical and electrical point of view is provided. Some considerations concerning the computing architecture are made, and some experimental results obtained in the laboratory and on volcanic terrain are given.

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