Anti-skid foot design for a humanoid robot

Stable walking of bipedal humanoid is an crucial and challenge issue of research in bipedal robots. And the structure of shoe sole plays a significant role in preventing someone from slipping in human life. The humanoid robot foot often skid while the robot is walking fast, and it may cause serious harmfulness. This study presents some foot pads for humanoid robot to improve its stability and reliability. First, anti-skid foot for a humanoid robot is proposed in this paper. Second, the material and pattern of foot pads are selected. Finally, the better foot pads are chosen by several experiments and the effectiveness of the new foot pads is confirmed by comparison experiments.