Title
Cusp catastrophe embedded in gait transition of a quadruped robot driven by nonlinear oscillators with phase resetting
Abstract
In this paper, we investigated the dynamic locomotion of a quadruped robot. This robot is controlled by a locomotion control system composed of nonlinear oscillators, which was constructed based on the physiological concept of central pattern generator and phase resetting. In our previous work, we revealed that the quadruped robot produces the walk and trot gaits depending on the locomotion speed through dynamic interactions among the robot mechanical system, the oscillator control system, and the environment. In addition, we showed that it generates the walk-trot transition with a hysteresis, similar to that observed in locomotion of quadrupeds. To further clarify the gait transition mechanism, the present study investigated the dependence of the gait transition not only on the locomotion speed, but also on the physical conditions, such as the body mass. Our simulation results show that the codimension-2 cusp bifurcation appears in the gait transition, which further elucidates the dynamic structure inherent in quadrupedal locomotion.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6490997
ROBIO
Keywords
Field
DocType
oscillator control system,locomotion speed,robot dynamics,robot mechanical system,phase resetting concept,quadruped robot,motion control,central pattern generator concept,cusp catastrophe,quadrupedal locomotion dynamic structure,legged locomotion,velocity control,walk-trot transition,nonlinear oscillator,codimension-2 cusp bifurcation,locomotion control system,gait transition mechanism
Gait,Control theory,Quadrupedalism,Control engineering,Robot locomotion,Control system,Robot,Central pattern generator,Mathematics,Mechanical system,Bifurcation
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4673-2125-9
2
0.39
References 
Authors
5
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Shinya Aoi124822.66
Daiki Katayama220.39
Soichiro Fujiki372.48
Takehisa Kohda461.85
Kei Senda5198.53
Kazuo Tsuchiya66811.71