• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제26권10호
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• pp.47-55
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• 2009

In this study, a robot foot having toes for firm stepping on uneven surface is proposed. The toes are connected to the lower leg by parallel links so that the lower leg can rotate in the rolling and pitching directions during stance phase without ankle joint. The landing performance of the foot on uneven surface was evaluated by relative comparison with that of the most common foot making point contact with the walking surface, since the test conditions considering real uneven surface could be hardly defined for its objective evaluation. Anti-slip margin(ASM) was defined in this study to express the slip resistance of a robot foot when it lands on a projection with half circular-, triangular- or rectangular cross section, assuming that uneven surface consists of projections having these kind of cross sections in different sizes. Based on the ASM analysis, the slip conditions for the two feet were experimentally confirmed. The results showed that the slip resistance of the new foot is not only higher than that of the conventional point contact type foot but also less sensitive to the surface friction coefficient.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.159-160
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• 2008

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2005년도 창립60주년 기념 추계 학술대회
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• pp.203.2-203.2
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• 2005

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.115-119
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• 2006

To investigate the effects of independent suspension technology(IST) of hiking boot on the stability and load of foot, eight participants performed medial and lateral drop landing from 33.4cm height and 85cm distance to uneven surface while wearing normal & IST hiking boots. For the stability of foot during the drop landing, the balance angle & suspension angle and rearfoot angle was analyzed using high-speed video analysis. Also kinetic analysis using the force plate and insole pressure measurement was conducted to analyze vertical & breaking ground reaction force and pressure distribution. Not only the balance angle & suspension angle but also rearfoot angle was improved with IST boots for lateral drop landing. These results indicate the IST boots may have the suspension function which keeps the foot to be stable during landing. However the IST boots did not show any effect for medial landing. This might be related to the hardness of medial part of outsole. Therefore the softer outsole of medial part could be recommended. Furthermore the impact force & breaking force and insole pressure were reduced with IST boot. These results means that IST boot has not only cushioning effect but also good grip effect. Therefore the hiking boots applied the independent suspension function may help to reduce fatigue and prevent injury such as ankle sprain in hiking on uneven surface.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.667-673
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• 2010

본 논문은 의사-임피던스 모델을 이용하여 2족보행로봇이 비평탄면에서 보행하는 제어기법을 제안한다. 의사-임피던스 모델은 인간이 보행 시, 발바닥이 지면과 순응하는 동작을 모사하였다. 지면과 접촉하면서 인간의 발바닥은 2가지 보행상태를 갖게 된다. 첫 번째 상태에서는 지면과 순응하기 위해 노력이나 의도적인 토크를 가하는 것이 아니라 수동적인 모션으로 순응하게 된다. 두 번째 상태에서는 지면과 접촉한 후, 적절한 토크를 유지하여 인간의 몸이 보행을 지속할 수 있게끔 유도하며 이를 하중이동단계라고 한다. 이러한 과정이 안정적으로 로봇의 보행을 유지할 수 있음을 12자유도의 2족보행로봇과 6축의 힘을 가지는 환경모델을 반영한 시뮬레이션을 통해 보여준다. 이러한 시뮬레이션결과가 제안된 의사-임피던스 모델이 효과적임을 보여준다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.1250-1258
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• 1997

This paper reports on the development of a new foot for a quadrupedal jointed-leg type walking robot. The foot has 2 toes, one at the front and the other at the rear side, for stable landing on uneven ground by point contact. The toes can move up and down independantly, guided by double-wishbone shaped parallel links which enable the lower leg to rotate with respect to a remote center on the ground surface. The motion of each toe is damped by a hydropneumatic shock absorber integrated in the foot in order to absorb the dynamic landing shock. Furthermore, the new foot can reduce the maximum hip joint drive torque by shortening the moment arm length between the hip joint and the landing force vector on the ground. Intensive experiments were carried out in this study by using a one-leg walking model to investigate the soft landing performance of the foot which could be hardly offered by conventional robot feet such as a flat plate with a gimbal type ankle joint. And it was confirmed that the hip joint torque of the leg walking on the flat surface could be reduced remarkably by using the new foot.