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CONTROL DEVICE FOR LEGGED MOBILE ROBOT

  • US 20150073592A1
  • Filed: 09/02/2014
  • Published: 03/12/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A control device for a legged mobile robot, which causes the legged mobile robot to move on a floor having a step, comprising:

  • a first landing permissible region setting unit configured to set a first landing permissible region indicating a region of a landing position of a foot of a free leg, which is permitted to ground the foot of the free leg of the legged mobile robot within an upper tread surface or a lower tread surface of the step in a situation where the step exists ahead of the legged mobile robot in a traveling direction;

    a second landing permissible region setting unit configured to set a second landing permissible region indicating a region of the landing position of the foot of the free leg of the legged mobile robot, which is permitted to ground the foot of the free leg of the legged mobile robot on an edge of a tread surface in a posture inclined relative to the upper tread surface or the lower tread surface of the step in the situation;

    a landing permissible region selecting unit configured to select either one landing permissible region as a landing permissible region for movement control of the legged mobile robot from the first landing permissible region and the second landing permissible region in the situation while switching the selected landing permissible region to the other according to a height of the step; and

    a leg motion control unit configured to control motion of each leg of the legged mobile robot in the step based on a constraint condition that the landing position of the foot of the free leg is made present in the landing permissible region selected by the landing permissible region selecting unit.

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