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http://dx.doi.org/10.7471/ikeee.2012.16.3.235

A Study on Humanoid Robot Control Method Using Zigbee Wireless Servo Motor with Sensor Network  

Shin, Dae-Seob (Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University)
Lee, Hyeong-Cheol (Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University)
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Journal of IKEEE / v.16, no.3, 2012 , pp. 235-243 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we developed two legged multi-joint robot by using wireless servo motor that was applied by wireless sensor network technology, which is widely used recently, and performed an experiment of walking method of two legged multi-joint robot. We constructed the star network with servo motors which were used at each joint of two-legged robot. And we designed the robot for operation by transmission of joint control signal from main control system or by transmission of the status of each joint to the main control system, so it operates with continuously checking the status of joints at same time. We developed the humanoid robot by using wireless digital servo motor which is different from existing servo motor control system, and controlled it by transmitting the information of angles and speeds of robot joints to the motor(node) as a feedback through main control system after connecting power and setting up the IDs to each joint. We solved noisy problem generated from wire and wire length to connection point of the control device by construction of the wireless network instead of using existing control method of wiring, and also solved problem of poor real time response to gait motion by controlling the position with continuous transmission of control signals to each joint. And we found that the effective control of robot is able by performing the simulation on walking motion in advance with the developed control algorithm which was downloaded into installed memory. Also we performed the stable walking with two-legged robot by attaching pressure sensor to robot sole. And we examined the robot gait operated by application of calculated algorithm on robot movement to each joint. In this study, we studied the method of controlling robot gait motion by using wireless servo motors and measured the torque applied to each joint, and found that the developed wireless servo motor by ZigBee sensor network offers easier control of two legged robot gait and better circuit configuration of it than the existing wired control system could do.
Keywords
Actuator; Two-legged Robot; ZigBee; Sensor Network; Servo Motor;
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