HyQ Robot - Hopping Leg Prototype

The Hydraulic Quadruped robot HyQ (pronounced [hai-kju:]) is currently being developed at the Italian Institute of Technology. It is powered by a hydraulic actuation system. The first leg prototype has a hip and a knee joint and weighs around 4.5 kg.

In this video, the first HyQ Leg prototype is attached to a vertical slider set-up and performs vertical hopping with different frequencies.

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Italian Institute of Technology
Italy

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• hydraulic
• quadruped
• hopping
• jumping
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[gardogg65]

I just cannot find any tutorials on how to set up a true hydraulic system... I know you need a pump, oil reservoire, filter, hydraulic cylinder with piston, control valves, etc... but I have yet to find any guide that walks you through constructing something like this!

[gardogg65]

how the hell do you make this!?

[evilripper]

wow! :-D