摘要:
A legged walking robot such as a two-legged walking robot, for example, has an articulated structure with at least two degrees of freedom, one of which is a degree of freedom for angularly moving a leg in a pitch direction about a first axis (12) of a hip joint assembly, comprising an electric motor (74) for angularly moving the leg in the pitch direction. The electric motor has an output shaft which is axially aligned with the first axis (12) about which the leg is angularly movable in the pitch direction. The articulated structure also has a speed reducer (72) having an input shaft which is coaxial with the output shaft of the electric motor. The other degree of freedom is a degree of freedom for angularly moving the leg in a roll direction normal to the pitch direction. The articulated structure also includes a second electric motor (52) for angularly moving the leg in the roll direction and a second speed reducer (56) having an output shaft which is coaxial with a second axis about which the leg is angularly movable in the roll direction.
摘要:
A legged walking robot such as a two-legged walking robot, for example, has an articulated structure with at least two degrees of freedom, one of which is a degree of freedom for angularly moving a leg in a pitch direction about a first axis (12) of a hip joint assembly, comprising an electric motor (74) for angularly moving the leg in the pitch direction. The electric motor has an output shaft which is axially aligned with the first axis (12) about which the leg is angularly movable in the pitch direction. The articulated structure also has a speed reducer (72) having an input shaft which is coaxial with the output shaft of the electric motor. The other degree of freedom is a degree of freedom for angularly moving the leg in a roll direction normal to the pitch direction. The articulated structure also includes a second electric motor (52) for angularly moving the leg in the roll direction and a second speed reducer (56) having an output shaft which is coaxial with a second axis about which the leg is angularly movable in the roll direction.
摘要:
In a legged mobile robot (1), a plurality of displacement sensors (70) is installed in a space between a second joint (18,20) connecting a distal end of a leg (2) and a foot (22) and a floor contact end of the foot. A discriminator (26,S12) is provided for discriminating whether the output of the displacement sensors (70) satisfy a predetermined relationship, and a self-diagnoser (26,S14) is provided for self-diagnosing whether at least one of the displacement sensors (70) is abnormal based on a discrimination result of the discriminator (26,S12).
摘要:
In a legged mobile robot (1), each leg (2) has at least a first joint (16) and a second joint (18, 20) located below the first joint in the gravitational direction, and the actuator that drives the second joint (54, 56) is located at least one of a position same as that of the first joint and a position (28) above the first joint in the gravitational direction. With this, it becomes possible to lighten the weight of the ground-contacting ends of the legs and thereby provide a legged mobile robot enabling reduction of the inertial forces occurring in the legs during moving, particularly during high-speed moving.
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 mobile robot (1), each leg (2) has at least a first joint (16) and a second joint (18, 20) located below the first joint in the gravitational direction, and the actuator that drives the second joint (54, 56) is located at least one of a position same as that of the first joint and a position (28) above the first joint in the gravitational direction. With this, it becomes possible to lighten the weight of the ground-contacting ends of the legs and thereby provide a legged mobile robot enabling reduction of the inertial forces occurring in the legs during moving, particularly during high-speed moving.
摘要:
A legged walking robot such as a two-legged walking robot, for example, has an articulated structure with at least two degrees of freedom, one of which is a degree of freedom for angularly moving a leg in a pitch direction about a first axis (12) of a hip joint assembly, comprising an electric motor (74) for angularly moving the leg in the pitch direction. The electric motor has an output shaft which is axially aligned with the first axis (12) about which the leg is angularly movable in the pitch direction. The articulated structure also has a speed reducer (72) having an input shaft which is coaxial with the output shaft of the electric motor. The other degree of freedom is a degree of freedom for angularly moving the leg in a roll direction normal to the pitch direction. The articulated structure also includes a second electric motor (52) for angularly moving the leg in the roll direction and a second speed reducer(56) having an output shaft which is coaxial with a second axis about which the leg is angularly movable in the roll direction.