IMPASS is a wheel-leg hybrid robot that can walk in unstructured environments by independently extending, or retracting, three actuated spokes on each wheel. IMPASS stands for Intelligent Mobility Platform with Actuated Spoke System. The robot has been under development by the Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory at Virginia Tech, a facility for graduate and undergraduate robotics research and education with an emphasis on studying novel mobile robot locomotion strategies.
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