The body impedance control for walking stabilization of a quadrupedal robot

Soo Yeong Yi, Yeh Sun Hong, Chong Won Lee

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Abstract

One of the basic assumptions in the static gait design for a walking robot is that the weight of a leg should be negligible compared to that of body, so that the total gravity center of the robot is not affected by the leg swing. Based on the assumption, the conventional static gait has been designed for the geometric body center of the robot to be inside of the support polygon which consists of each support leg's tip position. In case that the leg is relatively heavy, however, while the body center is kept inside the support polygon, the total gravity center of the robot can be out of the support polygon, which causes instability in walking. In this paper, a body impedance control is proposed to make the total gravity center of robot track the pre-designed trajectory of the body center, so that the walking stability is secured even in case that the leg weight has serious influence on the total gravity center of the robot.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, CIRA 1999
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages157-161
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)0780358066, 9780780358065
StatePublished - 1999
Event3rd IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, CIRA 1999 - Monterey, United States
Duration: 8 Nov 19999 Nov 1999

Publication series

NameProceedings - 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, CIRA 1999

Conference

Conference3rd IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, CIRA 1999
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMonterey
Period8/11/999/11/99

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