Realization of Standing of the Musculoskeletal Humanoid Kotaro by Reinforcing Muscles

Autor: Y. Namiki, Tomohiro Nishino, Yoshinao Sodeyama, Yuto Nakanishi, Masayuki Inaba, T. Yoshikai, J. Urata, Ikuo Mizuuchi
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Humanoids
DOI: 10.1109/ichr.2006.321381
Popis: We have been studying on how to realize robots that have physical flexibility and redundant multiple degrees of freedom. How to control the machine is still a problem and even maintaining standing was difficult. After joining the Prototype Robot Exhibition at the EXPO'05 with our novel musculoskeletal humanoid `Kotaro,' we have made various improvements to the robot. This paper describes the improvements, and presents some experiments. The highlight is realization of standing itself, based on a concept of `reinforceable muscle humanoid,' which we have proposed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE