scholarly journals Nontumbling Gait for Multilegged Robots and Its Directional Normalized Energy Stability Margin

ISRN Robotics ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Evgeny Lazarenko ◽  
Satoshi Kitano ◽  
Shigeo Hirose ◽  
Gen Endo
Keyword(s):  
Stability Criterion ◽  
External Disturbance ◽  
Stability Margin ◽  
Energy Stability ◽  
Dynamic Walking ◽  
Walking Robot ◽  
Gait Control

This paper discusses the importance of a nontumbling gait, a gait that allows preventing complete tumbling of the robot. Nontumbling gait is made possible by the effect of the swing leg which may contact the ground even when the robot is affected by an external disturbance. Such an effect is present in both static walking and dynamic walking. Stability criterion required to maintain the nontumbling gait is then considered and proposed through generalized directional normalized energy stability margin. The validity of the introduced criterion is evaluated by a tumbling experiment with a simplified walking robot model. The concept is also applied to the gait control of the newly developed walking robot TITAN-XIII.

Normalized Energy Stability Margin Based Analysis of Omni-Directional Static Walking of a Quadruped Robot on Rough Terrain

2011 ◽  
Vol 383-390 ◽  
pp. 7401-7405
Author(s):  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Shan Gao
Keyword(s):  
Stability Criterion ◽  
Simulation Experiment ◽  
Stability Margin ◽  
Quadruped Robot ◽  
Center Of Gravity ◽  
Energy Stability ◽  
Rough Terrain ◽  
The Stability

With Normalized Energy Stability Margin(Sne ) as stability criterion, this paper studies the tumbles of omni-directional static walking of a quadruped robot around the line connecting two adjacent supporting legs on rough terrain, proposes the method to improve the stability of quadruped robot by increasing the (Sne ) value, which is realized by lowering the height of center of gravity(COG), and finally substantiates the feasibility of the method through a simulation experiment.

scholarly journals Development of a Quadruped Walking Robot TITAN XI for Steep Slope Operation - Step Over Gait to Avoid Concrete Frames on Steep Slopes -

2007 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryuichi Hodoshima ◽  
◽  
Takahiro Doi ◽  
Yasushi Fukuda ◽  
Shigeo Hirose ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stability Margin ◽  
Walking Robot ◽  
Concrete Frames ◽  
Gait Control ◽  
Graphical Simulation ◽  
Quadruped Walking Robot ◽  
Sufficient Stability ◽  
Adaptive Gait ◽  
Step Over ◽  
Steep Slopes

We detail a step over gait for a quadruped walking robot that maintains a continuous walking with sufficient stability margin for avoiding ferroconcrete reinforcement frames covering steep slopes. For this gait, the robot must adapt itself to terrain and step over these frames. We propose a terrain-adaptive gait based on an intermittent crawl gait using map information. After introducing the gait control algorithm, we show results of graphical simulation to verify the proposed algorithm. Then, these discussions are established by walking experiments using the developed quadruped walking robot named TITAN XI.

Walking Stability Analysis of Multi-Legged Crablike Robot over Slope

2013 ◽  
Vol 572 ◽  
pp. 636-639
Author(s):  
Xi Chen ◽  
Gang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Stability Criterion ◽  
Stability Margin ◽  
Static Stability ◽  
Matlab Simulation ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Mathematical Model ◽  
The Relationship

This paper deals with the walking stability analysis of a multi-legged crablike robot over slope using normalized energy stability margin (NESM) method in order to develop a common stabilization description method and achieve robust locomotion for the robot over rough terrains. The robot is simplified with its static stability being described by NESM. The mathematical model of static stability margin is built so as to carry out the simulation of walking stability over slope for the crablike robot that walks in double tetrapod gait. As a consequence, the relationship between stability margin and the height of the robots centroid, as well as its inclination relative to the ground is calculated by the stability criterion. The success and performance of the stability criterion proposed is verified through MATLAB simulation and real-world experiments using multi-legged crablike robot.

DESIGN AND CONTROL OF RANGER: AN ENERGY-EFFICIENT, DYNAMIC WALKING ROBOT

2012 ◽  
pp. 441-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pranav A. Bhounsule ◽  
Jason Cortell ◽  
Andy Ruina
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Dynamic Walking ◽  
Walking Robot ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals Stability and Gait Planning of 3-UPU Hexapod Walking Robot

Robotics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruiqin Li ◽  
Hongwei Meng ◽  
Shaoping Bai ◽  
Yinyin Yao ◽  
Jianwei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Inverse Kinematics ◽  
Parallel Mechanism ◽  
Step Length ◽  
Parallel Robot ◽  
Search Method ◽  
Walking Robot ◽  
Gait Control ◽  
Gait Planning ◽  
Forward And Inverse Kinematics ◽  
Passing Ability

The paper presents an innovative hexapod walking robot built with 3-UPU parallel mechanism. In the robot, the parallel mechanism is used as both an actuator to generate walking and also a connecting body to connect two groups of three legs, thus enabling the robot to walk with simple gait by very few motors. In this paper, forward and inverse kinematics solutions are obtained. The workspace of the parallel mechanism is analyzed using limit boundary search method. The walking stability of the robot is analyzed, which yields the robot’s maximum step length. The gait planning of the hexapod walking robot is studied for walking on both flat and uneven terrains. The new robot, combining the advantages of parallel robot and walking robot, has a large carrying capacity, strong passing ability, flexible turning ability, and simple gait control for its deployment for uneven terrains.

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