Abstract—Sidewinding is a noble snake gait to locomot at wide and flat ground. It has broad range of advantage; it’s very effective when crossing loose or slippery ground so if we like to build a snake like mechanical system which can walk in wide variety of terrain then we have to capture sidewinding motion in our device. In this paper we study and analyze sidewinding locomotion technique to capture this gait in our device, which can locomot over loose or slippery ground. To understand this locomotion technique we have studied sidewinding serpentine gait from biological aspect as well as their equivalent mechanical system. We use simulation technique and Lissajious figure to analyze the matter. From the study it’s found, this form of locomotion can be generated by changing of phase of sinusoidal curve and this is explain in this paper through Lissajious figure and one analytical model also prepare for the development of robot.

Index Terms—Sidewinding, Lissajious figure, Sinusoidal curve, Snake robot

Cite: Rajib Ghosh and Arijit Dutta, "Study and Analysis of Side winding Locomotion Technique for the Development of Bio-Inspired Robot," International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 407-413, October 2013.