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On the planar stability of rigid-link binary walking robots

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2003

Yu Zhou
Yu Zhou
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218 (USA)[email protected]
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Abstract

A binary walking robot moves as a result of bi-state actuator transitions. Because of the bi-state nature of binary joints, many research results about continuous walking robots cannot be applied to binary walking robots directly. In this paper, a new and simple model of rigid-link binary walking robot is proposed, around which related concepts are introduced, and formulas are derived. Based on this model, general characteristics and limitations of periodic gaits are discussed, and the stability qualities of several straight-line walking periodic gaits are studied in both pitch-greater-than-stroke and stroke-greater-than-pitch cases. Valuable results are obtained from the analysis, which should be followed in the design of rigid-link binary walking robots.

Keywords

Walking robotsPlanar stabilityRigid linkPeriodic gaits
Type
Research Article
Information
Robotica , Volume 21 , Issue 6 , December 2003 , pp. 667 - 675
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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