Backward Ladder Climbing Locomotion of Humanoid Robot with Gain Overriding Method on Position Control

We studied ladder climbing locomotion with the humanoid robot, DRC‐HUBO, under the constraints suggested by DARPA. Considering the hardware constraints of the robot platform, we planned for the robot to climb backward with four limbs moving separately. Task‐priority whole‐body inverse kinematics was...

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Published in:Journal of field robotics 2016-08, Vol.33 (5), p.687-705
Main Authors: Lim, Jeongsoo, Oh, Jun-Ho
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
COM
Controllers
Gain
Humanoid
Inverse kinematics
Ladders
Locomotion
Robots
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Summary:We studied ladder climbing locomotion with the humanoid robot, DRC‐HUBO, under the constraints suggested by DARPA. Considering the hardware constraints of the robot platform, we planned for the robot to climb backward with four limbs moving separately. Task‐priority whole‐body inverse kinematics was used to generate and track the motion while maintaining COM inside the support polygon. As ladder climbing is a multicontact motion that generates interaction and internal forces, we resolved these issues using a gain overriding method applied to the position control of the motor controllers. This paper also provides various vision methods and posture modification strategies for the restricted conditions of the challenge. We ultimately verified our work in the DRC trials by getting a full score on the ladder task.
ISSN:1556-4959
1556-4967
DOI:10.1002/rob.21598