Precision Circular-path Walking of a Biped Robot with Consideration of Rotational Effects

Autor: Young Ik Son, Seungchul Lim, Jooyoung Lim, Byungmoon Kwak
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering. 24:299-309
ISSN: 1598-2785
DOI: 10.5050/ksnve.2014.24.4.299
Popis: When biped robots make turns, the ability to walk stably and precisely along any circular path is crucial. In this context, inverse kinematics solutions are found for accurate gait realization, and new zero moment point(ZMP) equations are derived with respect to the cyclindrical coordinate system to facilitate generation of stable walking patterns. Then, appropriate steady and transitional walking pat-terns are both proposed in form of time functons. Subsequently, walking patterns for a path but of different speeds are generated using the functions and associated formulas, and preliminarily checked for stability based on the ZMP equations. Upon comparison of those cases, one can see how and when robots may fall down during circular walking. Finally, those patterns are put to test on the sample robot by ADAMS® along with the inverse kinematics solutions and a new balance control scheme compensating for insufficient stability particulary during the initial transition period. Test re-sults show that the robot can walk along the circular path as predicted at a resonably high speed despite the distributed mass and ground contact effects, validating effectiveness of the suggested approach.
Databáze: OpenAIRE