Title
Variable reduction ratio knee joint inspired by cruciate ligament for legged robot
Abstract
Recent years, with the development of the legged robots, higher torque output and lower backdrivability are required. However, existing legged robots often use larger torque motor or reduction ratio gearbox to reach the power requirement, which will increase the size and weight also lower the backdrivability. To make the robot more dynamic and agile, the variable ratio crossed four-bar mechanism(VRC) based on the human cruciate ligament has been proposed. The knee joints with VRC have a wide range of motion which can make the robot jump more like a human. Also the feature that the reduction ratio raises when flexing and reduce when extending can provide rational torque curve. In this paper, we designed a robot leg whose knee joint used the VRC and optimized the link parameters to maximize the jumping height of the robot. The main contribution of this paper are a design of the legged robot with the VRC; the dynamics model of the robot and the kinematic analysis of the VRC; the optimization of the mechanism's design parameters that can maximum the robot's jumping height; a simulation of the high jumping process.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1109/ARSO46408.2019.8948811
2019 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO)
Keywords
Field
DocType
torque output,legged robot,torque motor,variable ratio,VRC,human cruciate ligament,robot jump,robot leg,variable reduction ratio knee joint
Torque motor,Torque,Kinematics,Jumping,Robot leg,Computer science,Simulation,Legged robot,Jump,Robot
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2162-7568
978-1-7281-3177-1
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
3
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Batao Liu100.34
Huaxin Liu256.38
Fei Meng311314.50
Zewen He400.68
Ru Kang500.68
Lei Wang602.03
Aiguo Ming717741.26
Qiang Huang826691.95