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A Modified Kneed Biped Real Robot Based on Parametric Excitation Principle

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Parametric excitation walking is one of the bipedal gait generation methods on level ground. This method was first applied to a biped robot with telescopic legs and later to a kneed biped robot. An experimental robot with telescopic legs was also developed and it was verified that the robot could walk more than eight steps by the parametric excitation walking. Recently, we have developed an experimental kneed biped robot and have shown the robot can walk more than fifteen steps stably in inverse bending fashion. But the robot has a deficiency in that the robot does not have a ground sensor and the robot is controlled only in open-loop fashion. In this paper, we modify and improve the robot by using a ground sensor and shock absorbing material to enable to control in closed-loop fashion and hence, to improve the gait performance. The experiments are performed and the walking performance of the robot is investigated. The experimental results are compared with the numerical results, and the validity of the numerical simulation is verified.

DOI 10.11648/j.acis.20140205.14
Published in Automation, Control and Intelligent Systems (Volume 2, Issue 5, October 2014)
Page(s) 93-99
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Keywords

Parametric Excitation, Biped Robot, Passive Dynamic Walking, Experimental Robot, Walking Demonstration

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  • Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan

  • Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan

  • Division of Mechanical Systems and Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8527, Japan

  • Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan

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