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Ambulation control apparatus and ambulation control method of robot

  • US 7,113,849 B2
  • Filed: 05/11/2005
  • Issued: 09/26/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A control apparatus for controlling a robot to walk, the robot having an upper body half provided with a plurality of joints for expressing an action of the upper body half and a lower body half having leg joints at least for realizing an ambulatory action, said control apparatus comprising:

  • a processor to compute moments generated as a result of an upper body gesture; and

    means for obtaining a solution for lower body motion as a function of said computed moments such that the lower body half has a gait that is adapted to walk in a stable manner according to the gait of the upper body half.

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