• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.269-276
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• 2011

This paper proposes a novel control method using phase plane for a hydraulic biped humanoid robot. In biped walking control, it is much more difficult to control the posture of a biped robot in the coronal plane because the supporting area formed by the both feet in the coronal plane is much narrower than that of the sagittal plane. When the biped robot walks stably, the phase portrait of the pelvis in the coronal plane makes an elliptical shape. From this point of view, we develop an ankle torque controller and a foot placement controller for tracking the desired phase portrait during walking. We design these controllers by using simulations of a simplified compass gait biped model to regulate the desired phase portrait of pelvis. The effectiveness of the proposed control method is proved through full-body dynamic walking simulations and real experiments of the SARCOS hydraulic biped humanoid.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2001년도 ICCAS
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• pp.134.2-134
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• 2001

This paper treats the implementation of a statically stable control system for a biped walking robot with 10 degrees-of-freedom. Statically stable walking of a biped robot can be realized by keeping the center of mass (COM) inside the sole of the supporting foot (or feet) during single-support or double-support phases. We predetermined five static positions for walking based on the COM method. The positions can be represented by the length of the gait, the width between the feet, the height of the foot and two parameters in the hip movement. With the five parameters, we calculated the position trajectory. And we got the angular trajectories of 10 joints from the posit ion trajectory using the position tracking control and neural network. By tracking the angular trajectories, the robot can walk maintaining stability. We implemented walking of a biped robot throught the above ...

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제12권11호
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• pp.1081-1087
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• 2006

Generally, biped walking is difficult to control because a biped robot is a nonlinear system with various uncertainties. In this paper, we propose a hybrid sliding-mode control method using a WNN uncertainty observer for stable walking of the 5-link biped robot with model uncertainties and the external disturbance. In our control system, the sliding mode control is used as main controller for the stable walking and a wavelet neural network(WNN) is used as an uncertainty observe. to estimate uncertainties of a biped robot model, and the error compensator is designed to compensate the reconstruction error of the WNN. The weights of WNN are trained by adaptation laws that are induced from the Lyapunov stability theorem. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed control system is verified through computer simulations.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.686-691
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• 2003

인간의 작업을 보조 혹은 대신하기 위해서 인간과 흡사한 이족보행로봇에 대한 연구가 많이 진행되고 있다. 이족보행로봇이 인간을 대신해서 작업을 하기 위해서는 작업공간에서의 자유로운 이동과 장애물 대처능력은 반드시 필요한 기능이다. 본 논문에서는 안정된 정적보행 및 장애물을 지능적으로 대처하는 이족보행로봇의 보행알고리즘을 제안하였다. 먼저 장애물 대처 가능한 이족보행로봇의 기구 설계 및 원격제어 가능한 제어시스템 구현에 대하여 설명하고, 인간의 보행분석 결과를 바탕으로 정적보행 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 또한 발에 부착된 적외선센서로 장애물을 인식하여 장애물의 형태에 따라 좌우 회전 및 옆 걸음을 통한 장애물 회피알고리즘, 거리보정 알고리즘을 사용한 장애물 넘어가기 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 제안한 보행알고리즘들은 이족보행로봇을 실제 제작하여 다양한 작업환경에서 실험으로 성능을 검증하였다.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제19권spc1호
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• pp.364-370
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• 2005

A stable walking pattern generation method for a biped robot is presented in this paper. In general, the ZMP (zero moment point) equations, which are expressed as differential equations, are solved to obtain a stable walking pattern. However, the number of differential equations is less than that of unknown coordinates in the ZMP equations. It is impossible to integrate the ZMP equations directly since one or more constraint equations are involved in the ZMP equations. To overcome this difficulty, DAE (differential and algebraic equation) solution method is employed. The proposed method has enough flexibility for various kinematic structures. Walking simulation for a virtual biped robot is performed to demonstrate the effectiveness and validity of the proposed method. The method can be applied to the biped robot for stable walking pattern generation.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.907-911
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• 2007

Compliance of joints must be considered when we analyze dynamics of a multi-body system. If the virtual model for CAE(computer aided engineering) analysis does not consider compliance, the result of CAE analysis can be very different from the actual experimental result. Especially in a biped walking robot, the robot may lose walking stability due to the compliance in joints of a walking robot. This paper proposed a method applying a compliance of joints in the biped walking robot to a virtual model. Also, through the 3-D displacement measurement using a laser tracker, it was demonstrated that the virtual model considering the joint compliance could effectively simulate the nonlinear motion of the real model.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2000년도 춘계학술대회논문집A
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• pp.523-528
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• 2000

In this paper, the new type biped walking robot which is composed of the minimum number or links just for walking and its appropriate gaits are proposed. The proposed new gaits for this robot are four-crossing, crawling, standing and turning gait. In designing the biped robot we propose the Performance Index which means the needed torque per a moving distance and generate foot trajectories by $3^{rd}$ order spline Interpolation. Among those, numerically we find the optimal conditions which minimize the Performance Index. Dynamically stable walking of the biped robot is realized by satisfying the stability condition of ZMP(zero moment point), which is related to maintaining the ZMP within the region of the supporting foot during the s1n91e leg support phase. We determine the region of mass center from the stability condition of ZMP and plan references which track the mass conte. trajectory of constant velocity. Finally we implement the gaits statically tracking the planned trajectories using PD control method.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1998년도 추계학술대회 논문집 학회본부 B
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• pp.546-548
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• 1998

This paper deals with ZMP trajectory generation in multi step walking of IWR-III(Inha Walking Robot) Biped Walking Robot. Biped walking is realized by combining 6-types of pre-defined steps and the actual ZMP can be used as a stability index of a robot. For the good tracking of actual ZMP, desired ZMP trajectory is generated during the whole walking time not for each step. Trajectory generation is performed considering velocities and accelerations of given via points using 5-th order polynomial interpolation method. As a result, balancing joints have a more smooth and continuous motion and actual ZMP has a better tracking ability. Numerical simulator is done by MATLAB to guarantee the walking of a robot satisfying the ZMP stability.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제10권12호
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• pp.1210-1216
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• 2004

This paper deals with a human-like gait generation of a biped robot with a balancing weight of an inverted pendulum type by using genetic algorithm. The ZMP (Zero Moment Point) is the most important index in a biped robot's dynamic walking stability. To perform a stable walking of a biped robot, a balancing motion is required according to legs' trajectories and a desired ZMP trajectory. A dynamic equation of the balancing motion is nonlinear due to an inverted pendulum type's balancing weight. To solve the nonlinear equation by the FDM (Finite Difference Method), a linearized model of equation is proposed. And GA (Genetic Algorithm) is applied to optimize a human-like balancing motion of a biped robot. By genetic algorithm, the index of the balancing motion is efficiently optimized, and a dynamic walking stability is verified by the ZMP verification equation. These balancing motion are simulated and experimented with a real biped robot IWR-IV. This human-like gait generation will be applied to a humanoid robot, at future work.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.793-798
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 소비 에너지 분석을 통한 이족보행로봇의 저전력 보행 보정 기법을 제안하였다. 먼저 이족 로봇의 보행 기본자세의 각 축별 소비 에너지를 분석하여 소비 에너지를 절감하는 기본 보행 자세를 구현하였다. 이족 로봇의 보행 기본자세를 무릎 구부리는 자세로 정하여 소비에너지를 줄이고, 무게중심을 낮추어 자세 안정성을 향상하였다. 이족로봇의 보행시 모터 전류를 측정하여 좌우 다리의 소비 전력을 분석하고, 이를 바탕으로 좌우 에너지 불균형을 제거하도록 보행 자세를 보정하였다. 보행 기본자세의 좌우 소비 전력을 고르게 분포시키게 자세를 보정함으로서 전체 소비 에너지를 감소시키고, 로봇의 좌우 자세 균형을 맞추어 보행시 안정성을 향상하였다. 제안한 소비 에너지 분석을 통한 저전력 보행 구현 방법은 임베디드시스템 기반의 소형 이족 로봇을 실제 제작하여 보행 실험을 통해 성능을 검증하였다.