Emergence of three-dimensional quasi-passive dynamic walking by excitation of lateral rocking (Influence of rocking motion and physical characteristics on gait transition)

This paper tries to clarify how rocking motion and body structure effect on the emergence of walking and the changes of the gait such as walking speed and the length of stride. Humans naturally exhibit adaptive performance in various environments. Moreover, they are able to adjust the gait for their...

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Main Authors: Daisuke NAKANISHI, Yasuhiro SUGIMOTO, Yuichiro SUEOKA, Masato ISHIKAWA, Koichi OSUKA
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Language:Japanese
Published: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2015-09-01
Series:Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/transjsme/81/830/81_15-00335/_pdf/-char/en
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author Daisuke NAKANISHI
Yasuhiro SUGIMOTO
Yuichiro SUEOKA
Masato ISHIKAWA
Koichi OSUKA
author_facet Daisuke NAKANISHI
Yasuhiro SUGIMOTO
Yuichiro SUEOKA
Masato ISHIKAWA
Koichi OSUKA
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description This paper tries to clarify how rocking motion and body structure effect on the emergence of walking and the changes of the gait such as walking speed and the length of stride. Humans naturally exhibit adaptive performance in various environments. Moreover, they are able to adjust the gait for their purposes. The adaptive locomotion is generated not only with leg swing motion, but also the lateral rocking of the body, rotation of the center of mass, etc. Most previous researches have mainly mentioned the direct drive of the legs. On the other hand, one previous research has indicated interesting motion observation that the body motion in lateral plane will get to a dominant factor in the phase of low speed walking. According to the previous result, we propose an idea that the walking can be generated by an excitation of lateral rocking of the body without direct actuations of legs. Therefore, in this paper, we especially focus our attention on three-dimensional quasi-passive walking provoked by the rocking motion of the robot body in lateral plane. After developing a robot with an oscillator that excites rocking motion of the robot body in lateral plane, we confirmed the emergence of walking in the experiment. Next, we investigated the gait difference by changing the parameters of the rocking motion (amplitude, period) and the robot body structures (length of the leg, offset of the legs to forward). The experimental analyses indicate that the walking speed, robustness and consumption of energy are mainly correlation to the period of lateral rocking and the offset of the legs to forward. In summery, an appropriate combination between the period of rocking motion and structures of the robot body leads to control of the gait.
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spelling doaj.art-54db4fbdd4f0484e946434596499e5d82022-12-22T03:39:22ZjpnThe Japan Society of Mechanical EngineersNihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu2187-97612015-09-018183015-0033515-0033510.1299/transjsme.15-00335transjsmeEmergence of three-dimensional quasi-passive dynamic walking by excitation of lateral rocking (Influence of rocking motion and physical characteristics on gait transition)Daisuke NAKANISHI0Yasuhiro SUGIMOTO1Yuichiro SUEOKA2Masato ISHIKAWA3Koichi OSUKA4Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka Univ.Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka Univ.Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka Univ.Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka Univ.Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka Univ.This paper tries to clarify how rocking motion and body structure effect on the emergence of walking and the changes of the gait such as walking speed and the length of stride. Humans naturally exhibit adaptive performance in various environments. Moreover, they are able to adjust the gait for their purposes. The adaptive locomotion is generated not only with leg swing motion, but also the lateral rocking of the body, rotation of the center of mass, etc. Most previous researches have mainly mentioned the direct drive of the legs. On the other hand, one previous research has indicated interesting motion observation that the body motion in lateral plane will get to a dominant factor in the phase of low speed walking. According to the previous result, we propose an idea that the walking can be generated by an excitation of lateral rocking of the body without direct actuations of legs. Therefore, in this paper, we especially focus our attention on three-dimensional quasi-passive walking provoked by the rocking motion of the robot body in lateral plane. After developing a robot with an oscillator that excites rocking motion of the robot body in lateral plane, we confirmed the emergence of walking in the experiment. Next, we investigated the gait difference by changing the parameters of the rocking motion (amplitude, period) and the robot body structures (length of the leg, offset of the legs to forward). The experimental analyses indicate that the walking speed, robustness and consumption of energy are mainly correlation to the period of lateral rocking and the offset of the legs to forward. In summery, an appropriate combination between the period of rocking motion and structures of the robot body leads to control of the gait.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/transjsme/81/830/81_15-00335/_pdf/-char/enpassive dynamic walkingquasi-passive dynamic walkingrocking motionlegged robot3d-walking
spellingShingle Daisuke NAKANISHI
Yasuhiro SUGIMOTO
Yuichiro SUEOKA
Masato ISHIKAWA
Koichi OSUKA
Emergence of three-dimensional quasi-passive dynamic walking by excitation of lateral rocking (Influence of rocking motion and physical characteristics on gait transition)
Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu
passive dynamic walking
quasi-passive dynamic walking
rocking motion
legged robot
3d-walking
title Emergence of three-dimensional quasi-passive dynamic walking by excitation of lateral rocking (Influence of rocking motion and physical characteristics on gait transition)
title_full Emergence of three-dimensional quasi-passive dynamic walking by excitation of lateral rocking (Influence of rocking motion and physical characteristics on gait transition)
title_fullStr Emergence of three-dimensional quasi-passive dynamic walking by excitation of lateral rocking (Influence of rocking motion and physical characteristics on gait transition)
title_full_unstemmed Emergence of three-dimensional quasi-passive dynamic walking by excitation of lateral rocking (Influence of rocking motion and physical characteristics on gait transition)
title_short Emergence of three-dimensional quasi-passive dynamic walking by excitation of lateral rocking (Influence of rocking motion and physical characteristics on gait transition)
title_sort emergence of three dimensional quasi passive dynamic walking by excitation of lateral rocking influence of rocking motion and physical characteristics on gait transition
topic passive dynamic walking
quasi-passive dynamic walking
rocking motion
legged robot
3d-walking
url https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/transjsme/81/830/81_15-00335/_pdf/-char/en
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