• DocumentCode
    2632886
  • Title

    A Framework for the Control of Stable Aperiodic Walking in Underactuated Planar Bipeds

  • Author

    Yang, T. ; Westervelt, E.R. ; Serrani, A.

  • Author_Institution
    ME Dept., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    10-14 April 2007
  • Firstpage
    4661
  • Lastpage
    4666
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a new definition of stable walking - that is not necessarily periodic - for a class of biped robots. The inspiration for the definition is the commonly-held notion of stable walking: the biped does not fall. To make the definition useful, an algorithm is given to verify if a given controller induces stable walking. Also given is a framework to synthesize controllers that induce stable walking. The results are illustrated on a model of a 5-link biped.
  • Keywords
    control system synthesis; legged locomotion; multivariable control systems; poles and zeros; stability; 5-link biped; aperiodic walking stability; controller synthesis; underactuated planar bipeds; Automatic control; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Ground support; Leg; Legged locomotion; Robotics and automation; Robots; Stability; Sufficient conditions; Torque;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Robotics and Automation, 2007 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Roma
  • ISSN
    1050-4729
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0601-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1050-4729
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ROBOT.2007.364197
  • Filename
    4209815