Title :
Adaptive dynamic walking of the quadruped on irregular terrain-autonomous adaptation using neural system model
Author :
Kimura, Hiroshi ; Fukuoka, Yasuhiro
Author_Institution :
Graduate Sch. of Inf. Syst., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We are trying to induce a quadruped robot to walk dynamically on irregular terrain by using a neural system model. In this paper, we integrate several reflexes such as stretch reflex, vestibulospinal reflex, and extensor and flexor reflex into CPG (central pattern generator). The success in walking on terrain of medium degree of irregularity with fixed parameters of CPG and reflexes shows that the biologically inspired control proposed in this study has an ability for autonomous adaptation to unknown irregular terrain
Keywords :
adaptive control; legged locomotion; neurocontrollers; CPG; adaptive dynamic walking; autonomous adaptation; biologically inspired control; central pattern generator; extensor reflex; flexor reflex; irregular terrain; neural system model; quadruped robot; reflex integration; stretch reflex; unknown irregular terrain; vestibulospinal reflex; Animals; Biological control systems; Biological system modeling; Control systems; Legged locomotion; Motion control; Motion planning; Rhythm; Robots; Spinal cord;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 2000. Proceedings. ICRA '00. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5886-4
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.2000.844094