Wang, Tianzhu; Wu, Zhengxing; Yu, Junzhi; Tan, Min; Zhang, Feng Progress and perspective of ice and snow sport biomechanics and related robots. (Chinese. English summary) Zbl 1449.92005 Acta Autom. Sin. 45, No. 9, 1620-1636 (2019). Summary: With the flourishing development of China’s ice and snow sports and the successful bidding of the Beijing’s 2022 Olympic Winter Games, the research on ice and snow sport biomechanics as well as ice and snow robots plays an increasingly important role. First of all, we introduce the basic theories of friction mechanics in ice and snow environments. Further, the influences of different variables on the friction coefficient are compared. Secondly, we discuss contributing factors of aerodynamic drag in snow and ice, and analyze the potential drag reduction mechanism. Thirdly, the measurement methods typically involved in the research as well as the modeling methods with different dimensions are introduced, and the relative merits are clarified. Finally, we review the research progress of ice and snow robots, analyze the key technical challenges in the field, and offer the ideas of future development of related robots. MSC: 92C10 Biomechanics 68T40 Artificial intelligence for robotics 70B15 Kinematics of mechanisms and robots Keywords:sport biomechanics; ice and snow robots; modeling and control; high speed and high maneuverability PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{T. Wang} et al., Acta Autom. Sin. 45, No. 9, 1620--1636 (2019; Zbl 1449.92005) Full Text: DOI