Title
Controlled Passive Walker Veronica Powered By Actuators With Independent Control Of Equilibrium Position And Compliance
Abstract
This paper presents the biped Veronica actuated with the MACCEPA actuator. The MACCEPA is an electrical actuator of which the compliance and equilibrium position are fully independent and both are set by a dedicated servo motor. 6 such actuators are used to power the planar biped Veronica. The control concept is based on "Controlled Passive Walking". Instead of continuously controlling the biped, the control parameter sets for each joint are only changed a few times during walking. Between the discrete control actions the motion is passive due to the compliant actuators. So this robot behaves like an actuated passive walker. Because the compliance is adaptable, different natural frequencies can be selected. This means that the walking motion is not restricted to a fix walking speed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1109/ICHR.2006.321390
2006 6TH IEEE-RAS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMANOID ROBOTS, VOLS 1 AND 2
Keywords
DocType
ISSN
motion control,natural frequency
Conference
2164-0572
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.45
11
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ronald Van Ham144741.21
Bram Vanderborght21029117.65
Björn Verrelst337035.07
Michaël Van Damme438233.32
Dirk Lefeber580986.09