Control Strategy Research for a Biped Walking Robot with Flexible Ankle Joints

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xizhe Zang ◽  
Zhenkun Lin ◽  
Yixiang Liu ◽  
Xinran Sun ◽  
Jie Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategy ◽  
Walking Robot ◽  
Strategy Research ◽  
Biped Walking ◽  
Ankle Joints ◽  
Biped Walking Robot

Development and Control of a Small Biped Walking Robot Using Shape Memory Alloys

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 793-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mami Nishida ◽  
◽  
Hua O. Wang ◽  
Kazuo Tanaka ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Shape Memory Alloys ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Control Strategy ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Walking Robot ◽  
Biped Walking ◽  
Walking Behavior ◽  
Elastic Potential Energy ◽  
Biped Walking Robot ◽  
And Control

This paper presents a study on the development and control of a small biped walking robot using shape memory alloys (SMAs). We propose a flexible flat plate (FFP) consisting of a polyethylene plate and SMAs. Based on a detailed investigation of the properties of the SMA-based FFP structure, we develop a lightweight small walking robot incorporating multiple SMA-based FFPs. The walking robot has four degrees of freedom and is controlled by switching the ON-OFF current signals to the SMA-based FFPs. The switching timing, central to the control strategy to achieve walking behavior, is determined through experiments. The small robot realizes biped walking by transferring the elastic potential energy (generated by deflections of the SMA-based FFPs) to kinematic energy. The resulting small biped walking robot weighs a mere 2.8 g (with a height of 70 mm). Our experimental results demonstrate the viability and utility of the small walking robot with the proposed SMA-based FFPs and the control strategy to achieve walking behavior.

Development of a biped walking robot actuated by a closed-chain mechanism

Robotica ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyeung-Sik Choi ◽  
Yong-Heon Park
Keyword(s):  
High Strength ◽  
Gear Ratio ◽  
Ball Screw ◽  
Walking Robot ◽  
Biped Walking ◽  
Link Mechanism ◽  
Closed Chain ◽  
Tracking Ability ◽  
New Type ◽  
Biped Walking Robot

We developed a new type of a human-sized BWR (biped walking robot) driven by the closed-chain type of a joint actuator. Each leg of the BWR is composed of three pitch joints and one roll joint. In all, a 12 degree-of-freedom robot, including four arm joints, was developed. The BWR was designed to walk autonomously; it is actuated by small 90W DC motors/drivers and is has DC batteries and controllers. A new type of the joint actuator for the BWR is composed of the four-bar-link mechanism driven by a ball screw which has high strength and high gear ratio despite its light weight.In this paper, analyses on the four-bar-link mechanism applied to the joint actuator and on the structure of the BWR are presented. Through walking experiments of the BWR, the superior trajectory-tracking ability of the proposed joint actuator is validated.

scholarly journals Development of a Biped Walking Robot Compensating for Three-Axis Moment by Trunk Motion.

1993 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 581-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin-ichi YAMAGUCHI ◽  
Atsuo TAKANISHI ◽  
Ichiro KATO
Keyword(s):  
Walking Robot ◽  
Biped Walking ◽  
Trunk Motion ◽  
Biped Walking Robot
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