Planning walking patterns for a biped robot

Biped robots have better mobility than conventional wheeled robots, but they tend to tip over easily. To be able to walk stably in various environments, such as on rough terrain, up and down slopes, or in regions containing obstacles, it is necessary for the robot to adapt to the ground conditions w...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on robotics and automation 2001-06, Vol.17 (3), p.280-289
Main Authors: Qiang Huang, Yokoi, K., Kajita, S., Kaneko, K., Arai, H., Koyachi, N., Tanie, K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actuators
Automation
Computational modeling
Computer simulation
Foot
Grounds
Hip
Iterative methods
Legged locomotion
Mobile robots
Movement
Obstacles
Robots
Slopes
Stability
Torque
Torso
Walking
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Summary:Biped robots have better mobility than conventional wheeled robots, but they tend to tip over easily. To be able to walk stably in various environments, such as on rough terrain, up and down slopes, or in regions containing obstacles, it is necessary for the robot to adapt to the ground conditions with a foot motion, and maintain its stability with a torso motion. When the ground conditions and stability constraint are satisfied, it is desirable to select a walking pattern that requires small torque and velocity of the joint actuators. We first formulate the constraints of the foot motion parameters. By varying the values of the constraint parameters, we can produce different types of foot motion to adapt to ground conditions. We then propose a method for formulating the problem of the smooth hip motion with the largest stability margin using only two parameters, and derive the hip trajectory by iterative computation. Finally, the correlation between the actuator specifications and the walking patterns is described through simulation studies, and the effectiveness of the proposed methods is confirmed by simulation examples and experimental results.
ISSN:1042-296X
2374-958X
DOI:10.1109/70.938385