Balance control strategy for legged robots with compliant contacts

Morteza Azad; Michael N Mistry

ICRA 2015poster18 citations

Balance control strategy for legged robots with compliant contacts

Abstract

This paper proposes a momentum-based balancing controller for robots which have non-rigid contacts with their environments. This controller regulates both linear momentum and angular momentum about the center of mass of the robot by controlling the contact forces. Compliant contact models are used to determine the contact forces at the contact points. Simulation results show the performance of the controller on a four-link planar robot standing on various compliant surfaces while unknown external forces in different directions are acting on the center of mass of the robot.

BibTeX

@inproceedings{icra2015_balancecontrolst,
  title = {Balance control strategy for legged robots with compliant contacts},
  author = {Morteza Azad and Michael N Mistry},
  booktitle = {ICRA 2015},
  year = {2015}
}