Abstract
In this paper, a dynamic model named Three-mass Linear Inverted Pendulum plus Flywheel Model (TLIPFM) is proposed to approximate the walking motion of the humanoid robot. The mass distribution of the robot and the angular momentum of the robot are simultaneously considered to construct the dynamic model. In the mass distribution of the robot, the overall robot is divided into three parts: 1) the whole upper body of the robot, 2) the thigh of the robot’s support leg, and 3) the calf of the robot’s support leg, and these three weights are considered to be three masses in the proposed TLIPFM. In the angular momentum of the robot, a flywheel joint is configured at the Center of Mass (CoM) of the robot to obtain the rotational torque of the robot in biped walking. In addition, a natural walking trajectory generator based on the TLIPFM and a moving Zero Moment Point (ZMP) reference is derived to generate ZMP trajectory, CoM trajectory, and foot trajectory in three-dimensional space to let the humanoid robot walk stably. In the experiment, some results are presented to illustrate that the proposed TLIPFM can effectively reduce the model error and the proposed TLIPFM-based walking trajectory generator makes the walking trajectories more natural and walking more stable. Moreover, the proposed method is implemented on a real small-sized humanoid robot to illustrate its feasibility and practicability for the real-time biped walking.
Highlights
The research and application of robots has been widely explored and discussed
A dynamic model named Three-mass Linear Inverted Pendulum plus Flywheel Model (TLIPFM) is proposed for the humanoid robot and a natural walking trajectory generator based on TLIPFM is established to achieve stable biped walking
In the construction of the proposed TLIPFM, three masses in the mass distribution of the humanoid robot is considered, and a flywheel joint is configured at the center of mass (CoM) of the robot to describe its rotational torque of the angular momentum
Summary
The research and application of robots has been widely explored and discussed. The spherical robot [1], [2] and the wheeled robot [3], [4] are designed to facilitate the easy movement, and they are intrinsically stable robots, so they can be prevented from tipping over. The natural ZMP trajectory was designed to imitate human walking by the concept of moving ZMP reference [30], [31] or heel-to-toe direction [32], [33] These approaches are all extended from the LIPM and are expected to be more similar to human behavior or closer to the actual situations. A Three-mass Linear Inverted Pendulum plus Flywheel Model (TLIPFM) is proposed to approximate the walking motion of the humanoid robot. A natural walking trajectory generator based on the proposed TLIPFM is generated for the humanoid robot to implement stable biped walking.
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