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Stability of Walking Algorithms

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This paper presents the synthesis of a control system for a biped, walking dynamic robot. Such control system should provide the stable walking [3]. In this paper, stability is defined as limited deviations of speed and coordinates of the center of gravity of the robot from its required values at the end of each step. The control system has a feedback containing “the ideal mechanism” [16]. The equations of the ideal mechanism enable to define the time and place of putting down the feet at the end of each step, on the basis of the general requirements of walking. An ideal mechanism should be similar to the object of control [2, 7]. In this case, such ideal mechanism is the turned spatial mathematical pendulum. To check the described control system, as a physical model of the object of control employs a solid body on two weightless feet [4, 10]. For stable walking, it is convenient to develop algorithms that define the coordinates and speed of the center of gravity at the end of a step. In this paper the limitation of a general member of the sequence of coordinates and speed is investigated on the simple examples of walking [14], and the operation of the control system of the mentioned physical model is illustrated.

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Borina, A., Tereshin, V. (2017). Stability of Walking Algorithms. In: Evgrafov, A. (eds) Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53363-6_3

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