Design of a battery-powered multi-purpose bipedal locomotor with parallel mechanism

Yusuke Sugahara*, Tatsuro Endo, Hun Ok Lim, Atsuo Takanishi

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Abstract

This paper describes the design of a battery driven bipedal robot, which uses 6-DOF parallel mechanisms for its each leg. We have designed this considering a bipedal robot as the leg module that is sufficient for practical use as a multi-purpose locomotor of the robot system. This robot is applicable to various fields, such as medical, welfare and entertainment. In the design of the robot, we have reduced the weight to the maximum extent, taking advantage of the features of the parallel mechanism which the mechanism rigidity is high. Using the developed bipedal locomotor, dynamic walking with the step time of 0.96 sec/step and the step length of 0.2 m/step was conducted, and the effectiveness of its mechanism was confirmed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages2658-2663
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - 2002
Event2002 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems - Lausanne, Switzerland
Duration: 2002 Sept 302002 Oct 4

Conference

Conference2002 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
Country/TerritorySwitzerland
CityLausanne
Period02/9/3002/10/4

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Software
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Computer Science Applications

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