Effect Analysis of Elastic Components on Jumping Performance of Bionic Leg

Most species of bipeds walk with "bouncing gait" in nature, which plays an important role in their rapid and energy-saving movement. From the perspective of bionics, the "bouncing gait" for an ostrich-like one-leg is introduced in this paper, the bouncing characteristics of the leg is analyzed, the effect law of elastic component on the bouncing performance of the one-leg is revealed, and the forms and mechanisms of failure of the elastic component is obtained. This study provides theoretical references for the selection of elastic components in the ostrich-like robot, and gives an optimization scheme for improving its bouncing performance.