Development of quadruped walking robots: A review

Nowadays, design, development, and motion planning of a mobile robot explore research areas in the field of robotics. Mobile robots have an extensive area of applications in various fields like space exploration, military application, industrial use, and many more. Hence, the design and development of a mobile robot is a crucial part of the above application. Among all the mobile robot, the quadrupedal robot is a legged robot, which is superior to wheeled and tracked robot due to its potential to explore in all the terrain like the human and animal. In this paper, the survey concentrates on various design and development approaches for the quadrupedal robot, and environment perception techniques are discussed. Besides, Spot is one of the most advanced and intelligent quadrupedal robots. The performance of each quadruped robot and the future outline are provided in details. (C) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University.

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Design, development, and motion planning of mobile robots are currently an active area of research in the field of robotics. Among mobile robots, quadrupedal robots are seen as superior to wheeled and tracked robots due to their potential for exploration in various terrains. Spot is highlighted as one of the most advanced and intelligent quadrupedal robots, with detailed discussions on the performance of each quadruped robot and future directions provided in the article.