Review Article

A Survey of Bioinspired Jumping Robot: Takeoff, Air Posture Adjustment, and Landing Buffer

Table 1

Comparison of takeoff performance of different bioinspired jumping robots.

Driving modeRobotLeg mechanismWeight/kgJumping height/mJumping distance/mJump height/body height ratio

Pneumatic driveMowgli [30] (University of Tokyo)Bionic serial leg30.5More than 0.5
Kangaroo jumping robot [31] (FESTO)Four-bar mechanism70.40.80.67

Spring driveJumping robot [32] (NASA)Six-bar mechanism1.30.81.85.33
Uniroo [14] (MIT)Bionic serial leg6.60.10.16
KenKen [36] (University of Tokyo)Bionic serial leg13.260.550.65
Chobino1D [38] (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)Bionic serial leg0.41
Grillo [40] (IMT Lucca Institute for Advanced Studies)Similar-bionic leg20 × 10−30.155
Grillo III [43] (Zhejiang University)Four-bar mechanism (similar-bionic)22 × 10−30.20.18
Jumping robot [44] (Konkuk University)Similar-bionic leg7 × 10−30.71114
Jumping robot [45] (Southeast University)Four-bar mechanism154 × 10−30.990.738.26
Jumping robot [46] (Ort Braude College)Bionic serial leg23 × 10−33.351.3774.4
Fabricated water-jumping robot [47]Similar-bionic leg10.2 × 10−30.120.41

Flexible material driveBionic kangaroo robot [48] (National Taiwan University)Half-circular leg10.80.20.31.1
Flea-inspired jumping mechanism (first generation) [2]Four-bar mechanism (posterior, SMA)1.11 × 10−30.640.3530
Flea-inspired jumping mechanism (second generation) [50]Four-bar mechanism (bilateral, SMA)2.25 × 10−31.240
Jumping robotic insect [51] (Seoul National University)Two links mechanism (SMA)34 × 10−60.3150
Micro jumping robot [52] (Seoul National University)Two links mechanism (SMA)36 × 10−60.4200
Biowater strider jumping robot (Harvard University) [53]Two links mechanism (SMA)68 × 10−60.142