LARM Bot Humanoid Design Towards a Prototype

The LARMbot design is a mechanism-based structure that is inspired by the muscular-skeleton structure of the human anatomy considering the bones as per the serial chains and the muscular systems per the driving parallel architectures, [2]. In Figure 1 the main conceptual designs are shown as referring to the trunk structure as a combination of serial spine-like chain and a cable parallel manipulator, (Figure 1A) [3,4], leg system as with two tripod linear actuated mechanisms, (Figure 1B) [5] and the full assembly as an integrated system, (Figure 1C) [6]. The mechanism designs have been protected by patent submissions. The main characteristics can be recognized in a reduced number of actuators also for an efficient operation with high performance in motion and payload, a compact light mechanical design, and a fairly easy manufacturing of the parts (via 3D printing) with commercial components, thanks to the mechanisms designs. Volume 1 Issue 2 2017