For a biped climbing robot with dual grippers to climb poles, trusses or trees, feasible collision-free climbing motion is inevitable and essential. In this paper, we utilize the sampling-based algorithm, Bi-RRT, to plan single-step collision-free motion for biped climbing robots in spatial trusses. To deal with the orientation limit of a 5-DoF biped climbing robot, a new state representation a...

This paper present a self-excited walking of a fourlink biped mechanism which possesses an actuated hip joint and passive knee joints. First we manifested that this self-excitation control enables 3-DOF planar biped model to walk on a level ground, by numerical simulation. Next we showed experimental study of a manufactured planar biped walking robot. We demonstrated that stable walking can be ...

Generating stable dynamic motions for a biped robot in real time is difficult due to the unstable nature of biped systems and their high degrees of freedom. We propose an approximate dynamics model for biped robots with three masses and no kinematic constraints. We also propose a relaxed boundary condition called “the divergent component of motion”. These techniques allow us to generate walking...

Developing a robust, flexible, closed-loop walking algorithm for a humanoid robot is a challenging task due to the complex dynamics of the general biped walk. Common analytical approaches to biped walk use simplified models of the physical reality. Such approaches are partially successful as they lead to failures of the robot walk in terms of unavoidable falls. Instead of further refining the a...

Underactuated biped robots control is one of the interesting topics in robotics. The main difficulties are its highly nonlinear dynamics, open-loop instability, and discrete event at the end of the gait. One of the methods to control underactuated systems is the partial feedback linearization, but it is not robust against uncertainties and disturbances that restrict its performance to control b...

This paper describes a biped walking control system based on the reactive force interaction control at the foothold. 1) robust control of reactive force/torque interaction at the foothold based on Cartesian space motion controller. 2) the posture control considering the physical constraints of the reactive force/torque at the foothold by quadratic programming. The proposed approach realizes the...

The advantage of legged locomotion in rough terrain and in confined spaces has been investigated extensively in recent years. It is anticipated that in the next decade or so, the prophecy that anthropomorphic biped robots will work side-by-side with humans will be realised. Recent successes in Japan have advanced the field substantially. However, little research has been conducted into the real...

| In this paper, we present the 3D dynamic simulation of walking gait of biped Robian II virtual manikin (25 kg weight, 1.10 m height). The biped has 16 degrees of freedom (dofs). Initially, a bio-mimetic approach is used to model a humanoid biped having 25 dofs based on common European male (75 kg, 1.78 m). Using, human being motion recording, foot/ground contact model and inverse kinematics, ...

The postural stability of bipedal robots is investigated in perspective of foot-rotation during locomotion. With foot already rotated, the biped is modeled as an underactuated kinematic structure. The stability of such biped robots is analyzed by introducing the concept of rotational stability. The rotational stability investigates whether a biped would lead to a flat-foot posture or the biped ...