WALKING ROBOT - I would be interested in assembling a team of students to
design and build a robotic walking machine to compete in the SAE Walking Machine Decathlon.
The "Thing" from U.Mass shown at right. For the purpose of this
competition, a Walking Machine is defined as mobile machine supported
discontinuously and propelled by articulated mechanisms ("legs"). Each
leg must have one or more joints or hinges by which it moves relative
to ALL other legs or the frame. The Walking Machine Decathlon consists
of a preliminary judging event and - as its name implies ten (10)
performance events. A maximum of 5,000 points can be awarded for the
preliminary judging and a maximum of 2,000 points for each of the performance
events can be awarded. The team with the hig hest number of total
points, combining the preliminary judging and performance events, will be
declared the overall Decathlon winner.
TEAM REQUIREMENTS: