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A system of components designed for the rapid prototyping of different robot body plans for legged robots is described in this chapter. The components are designed and fabricated using 3-D printing technology. As such, they constitute a low-cost way to experiment with legged robots for researchers, practitioners, and students. As legged robots become more common, there will be a need for new designs and new intelligent behaviors. A system of components that facilitates experimentation can play an important role in this development. And because these components are 3-D printed, they can easily be shared and fabricated by others.
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Claveau, D. (2017). System of 3-D Printed Components for the Rapid Prototyping of Legged Robots. In: Kim, JH., Karray, F., Jo, J., Sincak, P., Myung, H. (eds) Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications 4. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 447. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31293-4_35
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