Overview
HyQ is a four-legged quadruped robot designed for rough terrain missions and to study quadrupedal locomotion. It can walk, trot, jump over 20 cm, rear like a horse, squat, and kick things using powerful hydraulic actuators. The robot features torque-controlled legs with variable stiffness and a wide repertoire of motion skills that allows it to negotiate challenging and dynamically changing terrain.
Detailed specifications
Motion & kinematics1
- Dof
- 12
Other13
- Applications
- search_and_rescue,inspection,exploration
- Sub Category
- hydraulic quadruped
- Max Speed M S
- 2
- Model Variants
- HyQ
- Company Country
- IT
- Deployment Notes
- Demonstrated at Genoa Airport pulling a Piaggio P180 Avanti passenger airplane with support from Piaggio Aerospace.
- Youtube Video Id
- AnwetZpRtFE
- Compatible Vision
- stereo camera
- Industries Served
- emergency_response,disaster_response,agriculture,decommissioning,inspection
- Software Platform
- Real-time Linux (Xenomai)
- Availability Status
- research-only
- Countries Available
- IT
- Additional Information
- Long-term goal: create hardware, software, and algorithms for robust quadruped vehicles for rough terrain tailored to disaster response, agriculture, decommissioning, and inspection.,HyQReal is the latest version of the HyQ robot series, developed since 2007.,Main output of the joint lab between IIT and Moog, inaugurated in September 2016.,Completely power-autonomous with onboard hydraulics, batteries, and wireless communication.,Features higher ruggedness, reliability, and energy efficiency compared to previous versions.,IIT led overall hardware and software development, including torso, legs, electronics, hydraulic hoses, fall protections, sensing, and locomotion control framework.,Moog developed components specifically for HyQReal targeting the mobile robot market.,Demo payload capability: pulled a 3.3-ton airplane over 10 meters.,Primarily a research platform; not a commercial product.
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