Buffalo Byte: A Highly Mobile and Autonomous Millirobot Platform

Shashwat Singh; Reed Truax; Ryan St Pierre

doi:10.1109/LRA.2024.3375290

Buffalo Byte: A Highly Mobile and Autonomous Millirobot Platform

Shashwat Singh
, Reed Truax
, Ryan St Pierre

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

The Buffalo Byte is a small, highly mobile and autonomous millirobot platform that can move on non-smooth, natural terrain. Each Buffalo Byte has two silicone treads, with compliant spines that increase traction forces. The silicone treads are driven independently by small DC motors. An individual robot can reach speeds up to 235.7mm/s and drive over rough terrain and inclines up to 12.5°. Each Buffalo Byte has an ESP8266EX system on chip (SoC) on-board used for computation and communication over the Wi-Fi. A completely autonomous Buffalo Byte carrying its own power source has a mass of 11.35g with a volumetric footprint of 28.5mm × 29.5mm× 21.4mm with an average runtime of 30 minutes. The Buffalo Byte is even capable of closed-loop control on rough terrain using feedback from the on-board inertial measurement unit (IMU).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4067-4074
Number of pages	8
Journal	IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Volume	9
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2024.3375290
State	Published - May 1 2024

Keywords

biologically-inspired robots
Biomimetics
field robots
millirobot

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