Planning and control of biped walking along curved paths on unknown and uneven terrain

Guoqing Zhang*, Ming Xie, Hang Yin, Lei Wang, Hejin Yang

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Abstract

This paper investigates the planning and control of biped walking along curved paths on unknown and uneven terrain. For widespread use of biped robots, the capability of walking on unknown and uneven terrain is essential. The description of uneven terrain, as the basis of discussion, is presented in terms of the spatial relationship between the world frame and the robot local frames. Then the principle and implementation of walking pattern planning are given phase by phase. Feedback controllers, including the phase switching controller, the stabilizing controller and the foot landing controller, are also designed to guarantee stable and agile walking. The motion planning, path following, and controller design are discussed within the identical framework, such that various walking behaviors can be generated with few walking parameters modified. Some results of simulation and experiments performed on the LOCH robotic platform are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIntelligent Robotics and Applications - Second International Conference, ICIRA 2009, Proceedings
Pages1032-1043
Number of pages12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2009 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 16 Dec 200918 Dec 2009

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume5928 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2009
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period16/12/0918/12/09

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