• DocumentCode
    414451
  • Title

    Effect of gravity balancing on biped stability

  • Author

    Agrawal, Abhishek ; Agrawal, Sunil K.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mech. Eng., Delaware Univ., Newark, DE, USA
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    April 26-May 1, 2004
  • Firstpage
    4228
  • Abstract
    Gravity balancing is often used in industrial machines to decrease the actuator efforts during motion. Through the use of rehabilitation devices one can also partially balance the leg during motion with the goal to reduce net joint torque during motion. However, it is not clear as to what are the effects of such devices on legged locomotion. This paper aims to study the effect of such gravity balancing devices on the motion of bipeds during walking.
  • Keywords
    gait analysis; gravity; legged locomotion; stability; actuator; biped motion; biped stability; gait analysis; gravity balancing devices; gravity balancing effect; industrial machines; joint torque reduction; legged locomotion; rehabilitation devices; Actuators; Gravity; Hip; Leg; Legged locomotion; Mobile robots; Potential energy; Springs; Stability; Torque;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Robotics and Automation, 2004. Proceedings. ICRA '04. 2004 IEEE International Conference on
  • ISSN
    1050-4729
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8232-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ROBOT.2004.1308941
  • Filename
    1308941