Title
Controlling the Walking Period of a Pneumatic Muscle Walker
Abstract
In this paper, we investigate the limit cycle of a biped walker driven by pairs of pneumatic artificial muscles. We show, experimentally, that the period of the limit cycle changes when different control parameters are applied and estimate the relationship between the period and the parameters through trials. A step-by-step feedback controller is proposed to stabilize walking based on the estimated relation. The stability of the feedback controller is demonstrated by showing that the biped can walk down a stair.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1177/0278364906069187
I. J. Robotic Res.
Keywords
Field
DocType
biped walking,pneumatic actuator,artificial muscle,limit cycle
Pneumatic actuator,Feedback controller,Control theory,Control engineering,Limit cycle,Pneumatic artificial muscles,Artificial muscle,Mathematics,Humanoid robot
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
25
9
0278-3649
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
21
1.83
12
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Takashi Takuma114618.03
Koh Hosoda239567.84
M Ogino3211.83
M Asada4211.83