Legged walking robot and system for controlling the same
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1. A system for controlling a drive joint of a legged walking robot, including:
- first means for detecting an angle of the drive joint of the robot;
second means for preestablishing a gait of the robot in terms of angle with respect to time;
control means for determining a control value of the drive joint so as to decrease the deviation between detected and preestablished angles such that the robot walks in the predetermined gait;
wherein the improvement comprises;
third means for detecting a reaction force acting on at least one of the legs from the ground which that leg contacts, the reaction force indicative of an interference between a drive joint driving force and a ground friction force; and
said control means corrects the control value in response to the detected reaction force, to decrease the interference.
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Abstract
A biped walking robot and system for controlling the robot. The system provides smooth posture control by eliminating interference arising between the frictional force of the ground acting on the legs of the robot and the driving force of the leg joints. A six-dimensional force and torque sensor is provided to detect six force or moment components and based thereon, an angular command to joint motors is corrected. A joint structure of the robot is described, wherein the axes of the drive joints are arranged at right-angles to one another to thereby enable accurate positional control to be effected using Cartesian coordinates.
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1. A system for controlling a drive joint of a legged walking robot, including:
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first means for detecting an angle of the drive joint of the robot; second means for preestablishing a gait of the robot in terms of angle with respect to time; control means for determining a control value of the drive joint so as to decrease the deviation between detected and preestablished angles such that the robot walks in the predetermined gait; wherein the improvement comprises; third means for detecting a reaction force acting on at least one of the legs from the ground which that leg contacts, the reaction force indicative of an interference between a drive joint driving force and a ground friction force; and said control means corrects the control value in response to the detected reaction force, to decrease the interference. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for controlling a drive joint of a legged walking robot having at least one leg which can be turned such that the robot can turn, including:
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first means for detecting an angle of the drive joint of the robot; second means for preestablishing a gait for the robot in terms of angle with respect to time; control means for determining a control value of the drive joint so as to decrease the deviation between the detected and preestablished angles such that the robot walks in the predetermined gait; wherein the improvement comprises; third means for detecting a reaction moment, about a vertical axis of, and acting on at least the turnable leg from the ground which the leg contacts, the reaction moment indicative of an interference between a joint driving force and a ground friction force; and said control means corrects the control value in response to the magnitude of the detected vertical reaction moment, to decrease the interference. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for controlling a drive joint of a walking robot having legs comprising:
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an angle detector for detecting a drive joint angle; means for setting desired angular movement of the drive joint; a controller for determining a control value of the drive joint angle, linked to the means for setting and angle detector, to decrease any deviation of the detected drive joint angle and a desired angle of the drive joint, such that the robot moves with a desired gait; a ground reaction detector on at least one of the legs and linked to the controller; and a corrector associated with the controller to correct the control value in response to a detected ground reaction.
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13. A method for controlling a drive joint of a legged walking robot comprising the steps of:
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detecting an angle of the drive joint of the robot; preestablishing a gait of the robot in terms of angle with respect to time; determining a control value of the drive joint so as to decrease any deviation between detected and preestablished angles of the drive joint such that the robot walks in the predetermined gait; detecting any reaction force from the ground acting on at least one of the legs; and correcting the control value in response to the detected reaction force.
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