{"title":"Simulation of postural control for a walking robot","authors":"P. Nagy, D. Manko, S. Desa, W. Whittaker","doi":"10.1109/ICSYSE.1991.161144","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Postural control is of utmost importance for walking robots, particularly for those that traverse rugged terrain. A dynamic model for locomotion in rugged terrain is presented. The model has 18 actuated degrees of freedom, plus six unactuated body translations and rotations to produce a total of 24 degrees of freedom. Nonlinear foot-terrain interaction models keep track of nonconservative soil deformations, and allow feet to make or break contact any number of times during a simulation. The utilization of this model for postural control studies is presented. A modification of the vertical hybrid control by allocation method is proposed as a viable postural control scheme. However, it is shown that positional control is sufficient in order to achieve stable response with the mechanism.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":250037,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 1991 International Conference on Systems Engineering","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE 1991 International Conference on Systems Engineering","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSYSE.1991.161144","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Postural control is of utmost importance for walking robots, particularly for those that traverse rugged terrain. A dynamic model for locomotion in rugged terrain is presented. The model has 18 actuated degrees of freedom, plus six unactuated body translations and rotations to produce a total of 24 degrees of freedom. Nonlinear foot-terrain interaction models keep track of nonconservative soil deformations, and allow feet to make or break contact any number of times during a simulation. The utilization of this model for postural control studies is presented. A modification of the vertical hybrid control by allocation method is proposed as a viable postural control scheme. However, it is shown that positional control is sufficient in order to achieve stable response with the mechanism.<>