• 대한전기학회논문지
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• 제38권12호
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• pp.1007-1013
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• 1989

This paper describes the procedure of kinmatic design of a quadruped walking machine which has better mobility and higher energy efficiency than the wheeled or tracked vehicles on the rough terrain. Specifically, this paper puts much emphasis on the procedure and its rationality of the design of the leg which is the key mechanical element of the walking robot. And it shows the appropriateness of the selected mechanism and the design method through the walking experiment of the prototype machine built upon the resulted design. The pantograph mechanisms are proved to be acceptable as the leg of the walking machine from the experiment even though it is indicated that the walking speed and the body deflection should be improved further. This paper also describes the problems of the realization of the gait the frictional effects along with their causes in the walking experiment.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.83-91
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• 2000

During static walking of a quadruped walking robot, stability of the robot depends on whether the projection of the mass center is located within the supporting area that is varying with leg motion and formed by standing legs. In this paper, force margin instead of the mass center was used to determine stability and body-tilting method was used to enhance it. On-line control of body tilting was realized with simple reaction feedback based on force margin of the static walking model of the robot instead of complicated calculation. Model reference on-line control where the model searches stable pose for predefined force margin also gave good walking performance.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제16권4호통권97호
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• pp.138-147
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• 1999

For autonomous navigation, a legged robot should be able to walk over irregular terrain and adapt itself to variation of supporting surface. Walking through slope is one of the typical tasks for such case. Robot needs not only to change foot trajectory but also to adjust its configuration to the slope angle for maintaining stability against gravity. This paper suggests such adaptation algorithm for stable walking which uses feedback of reaction forces at feet. Adjusting algorithm of foot trajectory was studied with the estimated angel of slope without visual feedback. A concept of virtual slope angle was introduced to adjust body configuration against slope change of the supporting terrain. Regeneration of foot trajectory also used this concept for maintaining its stable walking against unexpected landing point.

• 대한전기학회논문지
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• 제38권12호
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• pp.1014-1021
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• 1989

The problem of controlling static gaits for a quadruped walking robot is investigated. A theoretical approach to gait study is proposed in which the static stability margins for periodic gaits are expressed in terms of the kinematic gait formula. The effects fo the stride length on static stability are analyzed and the relations between static stability and initial body configurations are examined. It is shown that the moving velocity can be increased to some extent without affecting stability margins for a given initial body configuration. Computer simulations are performed to verify the analysis.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1988년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집(국내학술편); 한국전력공사연수원, 서울; 21-22 Oct. 1988
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• pp.137-141
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• 1988

A sampled data controller for the quadruped walking robot is presented. To provide systematic design procedure, the relation between PI gain of velocity controller and sampling rate is analyzed with the ISE performance index and the time responses. The position controller for one-leg, 3-axis, was developed under consideration of compactness and expendability. And several experiments were performed.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.617-623
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 4족 로봇의 허리 관절을 이용하여 효율적인 경사면 보행을 위한 걸음새 생성 방법을 제안한다. 허리 관절을 갖는 4족 로봇의 기구학적 모델은 Denavit-Hartenberg 표현 방법과 대수적 방법을 이용하여 유도하고, 다리 이동 순서는 물결 걸음새(wave gait)를 사용한다. 한편 제안한 걸음새 생성 방법에서는 기구적 제한과 보폭의 감소를 완화하기 위해 경사면의 경사도에 따라 적절한 상체 및 하체의 허리 관절각을 결정하고, 에너지 안정도 여유(energy stability margin)를 증가시키기 위해 도달 영역(workspace)의 탐색을 통해 발끝 위치를 결정한다. 마지막으로, 컴퓨터 모의 실험을 통해 본 논문에서 제안한 알고리듬의 효용성 및 실제 적용 가능성을 검증한다.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.170-177
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 4족복 보행 로봇의 주행 안정성을 개선하기 위한 3가지 이론을 제시한다. 첫 번째는 Minimum-Jerk Trajectory를 이용하여 다리궤적을 최적화 시킨다. 두 번째는 본 논문에서 새롭게 제시한 사인파와 기존의 방식인 LSM을 Jerk값에 근거하여 비교한다. 셋째는 ADAMS-MATLAB co-simulation을 이용하여 반복적인 로봇 시뮬레이션을 통해 스웨이의 최적 보폭을 계산한다. 위의 과정을 통해 로봇의 보행 개선점을 기존의 이론과 비교하여 나타내었다. 첫 번째로 정 보행시 몸체와 타원형태의 다리 끝의 움직임에 Minimum-Jerk trajectory를 사용하여 다리궤적이 급격하게 변하는 지점의 평균 기울기를 최소 1.2에서 최대 2.9까지 감소시켜 지면에 다리 끝점이 도달할 때 충격을 최소화하여 안정성을 증가 하였다. 두 번째로 기존 LSM(Longitudinal Stability Margin)기법과 본 논문에서 제시한 사인파형 Sway를 사용하여 비교한 결과 평균 Jerk를 Z축에서 0.019, X축에서 0.457, Y축에서 0.02, 3D는 0.479 만큼 감소 시켰다. 특히 X축 Jerk는 크게 감소 하였다. 셋째로 로봇이 최소 Jerk 값으로 보행하기 위한 최적의 보폭의 길이를 상기 분석을 통해 도출하였으며 그 결과 20cm보폭 길이가 가장 안정적이었다.

• 정보과학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.73-78
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• 2008

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.142-150
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• 2002

This paper presents a systematic method of the zigzag gait planning for quadruped walking robots. When a robot walks with a zigzag gait, its body is allowed to move from side to side, while the body movement is restricted along a moving direction in conventional continuous gaits. The zigzag movement of the body is effective to improve the gait stability margin. To plan a zigzag gait in a systematic way, the relationship between the center of gravity(COG) and the stability margin is firstly investigated. Then, new geometrical method is introduced to plan a sequence of the body movement which guarantees a maximum stability margin as well as monotonicity along a moving direction. Finally, an optimal swing-leg sequence is chosen for a given arbitrary configuration of the robot. To verify the proposed method, computer simulations have been performed for both cases of a periodic gait and a non-periodic gait.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제64권8호
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• pp.1231-1239
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• 2015

We developed a robot that has four limbs, each of which has the same kinematic structure and has 6 degrees of freedom. The robot is 600mm high and weighs 4.3kg. The robot can perform walking and manipulating task by using the four limbs selectively. The robot has three walking patterns. The first one is biped walking, which uses two rear limbs as legs and two front limbs as arms. The second one is biped walking with supporting arms, which is basically biped walking but uses two arms as supporting legs for increasing stability of the robot. The last one is quadruped walking, which uses all the four limbs as legs. When a task for the robot is given, the robot approaches the task point by selecting an appropriate walking pattern among three walking patterns and performs the task. The robot has many degrees of freedom and is a redundant system for a three dimensional task. We propose a redundancy resolution method, in which the robot’s translational move to the task point is modeled as a prismatic joint and optimal solutions are obtained by optimizing some performance criteria. Several simulations are performed for the validity of the proposed method.