Investigation - A Robotic Locomotion System

Task

Create a report describing a robotic locomotion system.

Instructions

(1) Robots move with a variety of locomotion systems. Choose one real-world robotic locomotion system. Where possible, ensure your choice is different from other members of the class.

(2) Attempt to address the following questions about your selected locomotion system:

• What does it do?
• How does it work?
• Who invented it?
• When was it made?
• Why (for what purpose) was it made?
• What purposes has it been put to?
• Which specific robots use it?

(3) In addition, try to find the following for your robot:

• photos or images of the locomotion system;
• a schematic or cut-away image of the locomotion system.

Presentation

Your report can be a poster, a Word document, a PowerPoint presentation, or a HTML (web) page.