• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.270-277
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• 2019

Inspired by small insects, which perform rapid and stable locomotion based on body softness and tripod gait, various milli-scale six-legged crawling robots were developed to move rapidly in harsh environment. In particular, cockroach's leg compliance was resembled to enhance the locomotion performance of the crawling robots. In this paper, we investigated the effects of changing leg compliance for the locomotion performance of the small light weight legged crawling robot under various payload condition. First, we developed robust milli-scale six-leg crawling robot which actuated by one motor and fabricated in SCM method with light and soft material. Using this robot platform, we measured the running velocity of the robot depending on the leg stiffness and payload. In result, there was optimal range of the leg stiffness enhancing the locomotion ability at each payload condition in the experiment. It suggests that the performance of the crawling robot can be improved by adjusting stiffness of the legs in given payload condition.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제58권3호
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• pp.614-620
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• 2009

The force distribution in multi-legged robots is a constrained, optimization problem. The solution to the problem is the set points of the leg contact forces for a particular system task. In this paper, an efficient and general formulation of the force distribution problem is developed using linear programming. The considered walking robot is a quadruped robot with a locked-joint failure, i.e., a joint of the failed leg is locked at a known place. For overcoming the drawback of marginal stability in fault-tolerant gaits, we define safety margin on friction constraints as the objective function to be maximized. Dynamic features of locked-joint failure are represented by equality and inequality constraints of linear programming. Unlike the former study, our result can be applied to various forms of walking such as crab and turning gaits. Simulation results show the validity of the proposed scheme.

• 대한전기학회논문지:시스템및제어부문D
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.131-140
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• 2005

Fault-tolerant gait generation of a hexapod robot with crab walking is proposed. The considered fault is a locked joint failure, which prevents a joint of a leg from moving and makes it locked in a known position. Due to the reduced workspace of a failed leg, fault-tolerant crab walking has a limitation in the range of heading direction. In this paper, an accessible range of the crab angle is derived for a given configuration of the failed leg and, based on the principles of fault-tolerant gait planning, periodic crab gaits are proposed in which a hexapod robot realizes crab walking after a locked joint failure, having a reasonable stride length and stability margin. The proposed crab walking is then applied to path planning on uneven terrain with positive obstacles. i.e., protruded obstacles which legged robots cannot cross over but have to take a roundabout route to avoid. The robot trajectory should be generated such that the crab angle does not exceed the restricted range caused by a locked joint failure.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.63-71
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• 2018

This paper describes a study on posture control of the multi-legged biomimetic underwater robot (CALEB10). Because the underwater environment has a feature that all degrees of freedom are coupled to each other, we designed the posture control algorithm by separating each degree of freedom. Not only should the research on posture control of underwater robots be a precedent study for position control, but it is also necessary to compensate disturbance in each direction. In the research on the yaw directional posture control, we made the drag force generated by the stroke of the left leg and the right leg occur asymmetrically, in order that a rotational moment is generated along the yaw direction. In the composite swimming controller in which the controllers in each direction are combined, we designed the algorithm to determine the control weights in each direction according to the error angle along the yaw direction. The performance of the proposed posture control method is verified by a dynamical simulator and underwater experiments.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.692-697
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• 2011

로봇의 이동성 향상을 위해 다양한 환경에 적응할 수 있는 로봇의 연구 개발이 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 휠(wheel)과 다리(Leg)기반 변형이 가능하고, 로봇간 상호 결합이 가능한 복합 이동형 로봇을 제안하였다. 복합 이동형 로봇은 로봇간 결합을 위해 페그 모듈과 컵 모듈을 로봇의 전면과 후면에 각각 장착하고, 주행과 보행이 가능하도록 구현하였다. 다양한 지형에서 이동성을 향상을 위해 임베디드 영상기반 결합 및 분리 알고리즘을 제안하였으며, 로봇간 결합을 통해 끊어진 도로와 비평탄 지형에서의 결합 이동 방법을 제안하였다. 제안한 방법은 로봇의 전면과 밑면에 장착된 PSD 센서를 이용하여 지형을 인식하고, 지형에 맞은 극복 알고리즘을 통해 로봇간 협력을 통해 이동성을 향상시킨다. 제안한 방법들은 임베디드시스템 기반의 복합 주행 이동형 로봇을 실제 제작하여 실험 통해 성능을 검증하였다.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.353-358
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 이족 로봇을 위한 가상의 다리에 기반한 보행 모델을 제시한 후, 시뮬레이션을 통하여 제시한 보행 모델의 근본적인 롤/피치/요(roll/pitch/yaw) 운동 특성을 분석한다. 이를 위하여 로봇의 무게 중심과 압력 중심에서의 운동 경로를 사람의 발걸음 운동 패턴과 유사한 임의의 패턴으로 설정하고, 이러한 경로를 따라 보행할 경우에 나타나는 주요 관성 성분 특성을 확인한다. 결과적으로, 이족 보행에서 롤, 피치 및 요 방향으로의 운동은 보행과정에서 생성될 수 있는 자연스러운 현상이며, 이것은 발걸음의 간격, 무게 중심의 위치 및 로봇 몸체의 이동가속도와 밀접한 관계가 있음을 보인다. 또한, 이족보행의 밸런스 관점에서 발의 위치 설정을 위한 경로계획의 중요성을 고찰한다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2003년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집 V
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• pp.2721-2724
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• 2003

This paper deals with a manipulability analysis of multi-legged walking robots in acceleration domain, that is the dynamic manipulability analysis of walking robot. Noting that the kinematic structure of the walking robot is basically the same with that of the multiple serial robot system holding one object, the analysis method for cooperating robot is converted to that of walking robot. With the proposed method, the bound of achievable acceleration of the moving body is easily derived from the given bounds on the capabilities of Joint torques. Several walking robot examples are analyzed with proposed method under the assumption of hard contact, and presented in the paper to validate the method.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.55-63
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• 2007

Mobile robots traveling on rough terrain need several algorithms to overcome obstacles. In this paper, we propose the step-type obstacle traversal algorithm to adapt the mobile robot with six arms and wheels to travel on rough terrain. Obstacle traversal is composed of two different stages: planning and control. In planning stage, the required joint torque of each arm as well as the interference between the wheels and the arms are analyzed to guarantee traversing obstacles. Control stage includes such steps as checking distance to obstacle, determining the height and length of obstacle, performing arm motion according to sensed torque data, and evaluating safety at every instance. The proposed algorithm is designed and implemented for CALEB 1 six legged robot developed in the laboratory and verified by simulation and experiment in outdoor environment.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.141-148
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• 2012

This paper proposes fault tolerant gaits of a quadruped robot with feet of flat shape. Fault tolerant gaits make it possible for a legged robot to continue static walking against a leg failure. In the previous researches, it was assumed that a legged robot had feet that have point contact with the surface. When the robot is endowed with feet having flat shape, fault tolerant gaits can show better performance compared with the former gaits, especially in terms of the stride length and gait stability. In this paper, fault tolerant gaits of a quadruped robot against a locked joint failure are addressed in straight-line motion and crab walking, respectively.

• 대한전기학회논문지:시스템및제어부문D
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• 제54권9호
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• pp.547-555
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• 2005

A fault-tolerant gait of multi-legged robots with static walking is a gait which can maintain gait stability and continue its walking against an occurrence of a leg failure. This paper proposes fault-tolerant gait planning of a quadruped robot walking over a rough planar terrain. The considered fault is a locked joint failure, which prevents a joint of a leg from moving and makes it locked in a known position. In this Paper, two-phase discontinuous gaits are presented as a new fault-tolerant gait for quadruped robots suffering from a locked joint failure. By comparing with previously developed one-phase discontinuous gaits, it is shown that the proposed gait has great advantages in gait performance such as the stride length and terrain adaptability. Based on the two-phase discontinuous gait, quasi follow-the-leader(FTL) gaits are constructed which enable a quadruped robot to traverse two-dimensional rough terrain after an occurrence of a locked joint failure. During walking, two front legs undergo the foot adjustment procedure for avoiding stepping on forbidden areas. The Proposed wait planning is verified by using computer graphics simulations.