Title
Energetically Efficient Ladder Descent Motion with Internal Stress and Body Motion Optimized for a Multi-locomotion Robot
Abstract
Energy efficiency of locomotion is a significant issue for autonomous mobile robots. This paper focuses on the pace gait ladder descent motion that has a closed kinematic chain formed by the robot links and the environment. To reduce the energy cost in the closed kinematic chain, we propose an optimal control strategy by optimizing the internal stress and motion trajectories in parametric form. As main contributions of this paper, three types of energetically efficient ladder descent motions are generated with different motion-mode assumptions. Critical factors, including cycle time, horizontal distance between the robot and the vertical ladder, and value of internal stress are analyzed theoretically. Simulation and experimental results indicate that the proposed control strategy is effective for planning an energetically efficient ladder descent motion.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1109/TIE.2015.2396872
Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions  
Keywords
Field
DocType
Energy efficiency,closed chain,internal stress,multi-locomotion robot
Parametric equation,Optimal control,Control theory,Efficient energy use,Internal stress,Robot kinematics,Control engineering,Engineering,Robot,Mobile robot,Kinematic chain
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
PP
99
0278-0046
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
19
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lu, Z.110.35
Sekiyama, K.2525.53
Aoyama, T.313.06
Yasuhisa Hasegawa445694.62