Dynamic walking on uneven terrains with passivity-based bipedal robots

Qining Wang*, Yan Huang, Jinying Zhu, Baojun Chen, Long Wang

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Abstract

In this paper, we present an approach for passivity-based bipedal robots to achieve stable dynamic walking on uneven terrain. A powered two-dimensional seven-link walking model with flat feet and compliant ankles has been proposed to analyze and simulate the walking dynamics. We further describe a Particle Swarm Optimization based method, which uses optimized hip actuation and ankle compliance as control parameters of bipedal walking. Satisfactory results of simulations and real robot experiments show that the passivity-based walker can achieve stable bipedal walking with larger ground disturbance by the proposed method in view of stability and efficiency.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInformatics in Control Automation and Robotics - Revised and Selected Papers from the International Conference on Informatics in Control Automation and Robotics 2009
Pages187-199
Number of pages13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event6th International Conference on Informatics in Control Automation and Robotics, ICINCO 2009 - Milan, Italy
Duration: 2 Jul 20095 Jul 2009

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume85 LNEE
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

Conference6th International Conference on Informatics in Control Automation and Robotics, ICINCO 2009
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityMilan
Period2/07/095/07/09

Keywords

  • Bipedal robots
  • Modeling
  • Passive dynamic walking
  • Stability
  • Uneven terrains

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