A new robot constructed from parts of two-legged robots and drones has conquered both air and land, able to fly and/or walk in consecutive periods or at the same time. SciRobotics
We thank Y. Veys, S. van Nieuwstadt, and B. Cruz for contributing to an early phase of design and control work, as well as N. Esparza-Duran for heel manufacturing.This work was in part funded by the Caltech Gary Clinard Innovation Fund. We thank M. Gharib and the Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies for the funding support.A.R. and S.-J.C. conceived and envisioned a first prototype of LEO, which was developed by A.R. with critical feedback and input from S.-J.C. S.-J.C.
selected the main components, built the robot hardware, and implemented the software. K.K., P.S., and E.-S.L. contributed to modeling, controller design and stability proof, and performance analysis of LEO with critical feedback and input from S.-J.C. K.K., P.S., E.-S.L., and S.-J.C. designed experiment plans. P.S. and E.-S.L. performed experiments, and K.K., P.S., and E.-S.L. evaluated experimental results. K.K., P.S., E.-S.L., and S.-J.C.
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