• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.733-740
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• 2016

To achieve bipedal walking in real human environments, a bipedal robot should be capable of modifiable walking both on uneven terrain with different heights and on flat terrain. In this paper, a novel walking pattern generator based on a 3-D linear inverted pendulum model (LIPM) is proposed to achieve this objective. By adopting a zero moment point (ZMP) variation scheme in real time, it is possible to change the center-of-mass (COM) position and the velocity of the 3-D LIPM throughout the single support phase. Consequently, the proposed method offers the ability to generate a modifiable pattern for walking on uneven terrain without the necessity for any extra footsteps to adjust the COM motion. In addition, a control strategy for bipedal walking on uneven terrain with unknown height is developed. The torques and ground reaction force are measured through force-sensing resisters (FSRs) on each foot and the foot of the robot is modeled as three virtual spring-damper models for the disturbance compensation. The methods for generating the foot and vertical COM of 3-D LIPM trajectories are proposed to achieve modifiable bipedal walking on uneven terrain without any information regarding the height of the terrain. The effectiveness of the proposed method is confirmed through dynamic simulations.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.1787-1792
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• 2016

Previous walking pattern generation methods could generate walking patterns that allow only straight walking on flat and uneven terrain. They were unable to generate modifiable walking patterns whereby the sagittal and lateral step lengths and walking direction can be changed at every footstep. This paper proposes a novel walking pattern generation method to realize modifiable walking of humanoid robots on unknown uneven terrain. The proposed method employs a walking pattern generator based on the 3-D linear inverted pendulum model (LIPM), which enables a humanoid robot to vary its walking patterns at every footstep. A control strategy for walking on unknown uneven terrain is proposed. Virtual spring-damper (VSD) models are used to compensate for the disturbances that occur between the robot and the terrain when the robot walks on uneven terrain with unknown height. In addition, methods for generating the foot and vertical center of mass (COM) of the 3-D LIPM trajectories are developed to realize stable walking on unknown uneven terrain. The proposed method is implemented on a small-sized humanoid robot platform, DARwIn-OP and its effectiveness is demonstrated experimentally.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.601-607
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• 2006

본 논문은 칼만필터를 이용한 ZMP의 다음 상태 예측을 통한 새로운 이족로봇의 균형제어기법을 제안한다. 일반적으로 이족로봇의 동역학 모델은 3D-LIPM(3D-Linear Inverted Pendulum Mode)에 의해 수학적으로 근사화되지만, 이는 로봇의 동역학적 특성을 완벽하게 표현할 수 없다. 이족로봇의 안정성은 ZMP(Zero Moment Point) 위치가 안정영역에 존재하는 경우에 안정성이 보장된다. 그리고 로봇 구조와 그 모델 사이의 내재된 오차는 로봇의 안정성에 영향을 끼칠 수 있다. 그러므로 본 논문에서 제안하는 균형제어기법은 내부 오차를 줄일 수 있으며, 적절한 로봇의 제어가 가능하다. 제안된 균형제어기법의 실험은 다양한 상황을 포함한 가상의 공간상에서 모의실험 되었다.

• 한국지능시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국퍼지및지능시스템학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회 학술발표 논문집 제17권 제1호
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• pp.253-256
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• 2007

본 논문은 로봇이 영상을 통해 획득한 특정물체의 기하학적 정보를 이용하여 이족로봇이 안정적으로 보행할 수 있게 하기 위한 균형제어기법을 제안한다. 영상은 핀 홀 카메라 모델을 통해 획득하였으며, 영상에 포함되는 특정물체의 특징성분에 대한 변위와 로봇의 자세와의 상관관계는 핀 홀 카메라 모델을 이용하여 공간좌표계의 특징정보를 평면좌표계의 영상정보에 매칭시킨 후, 특징들의 변위에 따른 로봇 관절 좌표계의 변위를 추정하는 방법으로 구할 수 있었다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 균형제어기법은 별도의 센서없이 카메라만을 이용하여 이족보행 로봇의 균형제어가 가능하다는 장점을 가지며, 소형이족로붓을 이용한 실험을 통해 그 효율성을 검증하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.1029-1036
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• 2011

An energy-efficient reference walking trajectory generation algorithm is suggested utilizing allowable ZMP (Zero-Moment-Point) region, which maxmizes the energy efficiency for cyclic gaits, based on three-dimensional LIPM (Linear Inverted Pendulum Model) for biped robots. As observed in natural human walking, variable ZMP manipulation is suggested, in which ZMP moves within the allowable region to reduce the joint stress (i.e., rapid acceleration and deceleration of body), and hence to reduce the consumed energy. In addition, opimization of footstep planning is conducted to decide the optimal step-length and body height for a given forward mean velocity to minimize a suitable energy performance - amount of energy required to carry a unit weight a unit distance. In this planning, in order to ensure physically realizable walking trajectory, we also considered geometrical constraints, ZMP stability condition, friction constraint, and yawing moment constraint. Simulations are performed with a 12-DOF 3D biped robot model to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.