• DocumentCode
    2864517
  • Title

    Stable open loop walking in quadruped robots with stick legs

  • Author

    Buehler, M. ; Cocosco, A. ; Yamazaki, K. ; Battaglia, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Intelligent Machines, McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    2348
  • Abstract
    In our previous work (1998) we have shown that walking can be implemented on quadrupeds with stiff legs and only one actuated degree of freedom in the hip, based on the concept of controlled momentum transfer. In this paper we show via simulations and experiments on two different quadruped robots that dynamically stable and robust walking can be achieved via an open loop controller which is active only during the back leg support phase
  • Keywords
    legged locomotion; motion control; robot dynamics; robust control; dynamics; legged locomotion; momentum transfer; open loop walking; quadruped robots; robust control; stability; stick legs; Actuators; Costs; Hip; Leg; Legged locomotion; Open loop systems; Robot sensing systems; Robust control; Robust stability; Vehicle dynamics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Robotics and Automation, 1999. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Detroit, MI
  • ISSN
    1050-4729
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5180-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ROBOT.1999.770456
  • Filename
    770456