Anna V. Alvarez

Jumping on Air: Design and Modeling of Latch-mediated, Spring-actuated Air-jumpers

Latch-mediated spring-actuation (LaMSA) is utilized in a majority of jumping robots for its ability to slowly load and quickly release energy to generate high-power movement. Such mechanisms are found in robots that jump off of solid surfaces and even off of water. However, no robot currently employ…