Title
Bipedal robotic walking control derived from analysis of human locomotion.
Abstract
This paper proposes the design of a bipedal robotic controller where the function between the sensory input and motor output is treated as a black box derived from human data. In order to achieve this, we investigated the causal relationship between ground contact information from the feet and leg muscle activity n human walking and calculated filter functions which transform sensory signals to motor actions. A minimal, nonlinear, and robust control system was created and subsequently analysed by applying it to our bipedal robot RunBot III without any central pattern generators or precise trajectory control. The results demonstrate that our controller can generate stable robotic walking. This indicates that complex locomotion patterns can result from a simple model based on reflexes and supports the premise that human-derived control strategies have potential applications in robotics or assistive devices.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1007/s00422-018-0750-5
Biological Cybernetics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Reflexive rhythmic generator,Robotics,Bipedal locomotion,Limit cycle walking,Biological inspiration,Human walking
Bipedalism,Black box (phreaking),Control theory,Nonlinear system,Control theory,Artificial intelligence,Sensory system,Robot,Central pattern generator,Robotics,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
112
3
0340-1200
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
14
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lin Meng112.38
Catherine A. Macleod200.34
Bernd Porr343341.05
Henrik Gollee49310.80