摘要:
In a legged walking robot (1) having a body (3) and two articulated legs (2) each connected to the body through a hip joint (10, 12) and having a knee joint (16) and an ankle joint (18, 20), connected by a shank link (26), a knee pad (90) is mounted on the shank link as a landing/shock absorbing means at a position (Xpad1) adjacent to the knee joint which is brought into contact with the floor when coming into knee-first contact with the floor such that the knee joint is to be positioned at a location forward of the center of gravity (XG1) of the robot in a direction of robot advance, while absorbing impact occurring from the contact with the floor. With this, the robot can be easily stood up from an attitude with its knee joint regions in contact with the floor. Moreover, when coming into knee-first contact with the floor, it can absorb the impact of the contact to protect the knee joint regions and the floor from damage.
摘要:
In a legged walking robot (1) having a body (3) and two articulated legs (2) each connected to the body through a hip joint (10, 12) and having a knee joint (16) and an ankle joint (18, 20), connected by a shank link (26), a knee pad (90) is mounted on the shank link as a landing/shock absorbing means at a position (Xpad1) adjacent to the knee joint which is brought into contact with the floor when coming into knee-first contact with the floor such that the knee joint is to be positioned at a location forward of the center of gravity (XG1) of the robot in a direction of robot advance, while absorbing impact occurring from the contact with the floor. With this, the robot can be easily stood up from an attitude with its knee joint regions in contact with the floor. Moreover, when coming into knee-first contact with the floor, it can absorb the impact of the contact to protect the knee joint regions and the floor from damage.