Adaptive Ankle Torque Control for Bipedal Humanoid Walking on Surfaces with Unknown Horizontal and Vertical Motion

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Main Authors: Stewart, Jacob, Chang, I-Chia, Gu, Yan, Ioannou, Petros A.
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author Stewart, Jacob
Chang, I-Chia
Gu, Yan
Ioannou, Petros A.
author_facet Stewart, Jacob
Chang, I-Chia
Gu, Yan
Ioannou, Petros A.
contents Achieving stable bipedal walking on surfaces with unknown motion remains a challenging control problem due to the hybrid, time-varying, partially unknown dynamics of the robot and the difficulty of accurate state and surface motion estimation. Surface motion imposes uncertainty on both system parameters and non-homogeneous disturbance in the walking robot dynamics. In this paper, we design an adaptive ankle torque controller to simultaneously address these two uncertainties and propose a step-length planner to minimize the required control torque. Typically, an adaptive controller is used for a continuous system. To apply adaptive control on a hybrid system such as a walking robot, an intermediate command profile is introduced to ensure a continuous error system. Simulations on a planar bipedal robot, along with comparisons against a baseline controller, demonstrate that the proposed approach effectively ensures stable walking and accurate tracking under unknown, time-varying disturbances.
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spellingShingle Adaptive Ankle Torque Control for Bipedal Humanoid Walking on Surfaces with Unknown Horizontal and Vertical Motion
Stewart, Jacob
Chang, I-Chia
Gu, Yan
Ioannou, Petros A.
Robotics
Achieving stable bipedal walking on surfaces with unknown motion remains a challenging control problem due to the hybrid, time-varying, partially unknown dynamics of the robot and the difficulty of accurate state and surface motion estimation. Surface motion imposes uncertainty on both system parameters and non-homogeneous disturbance in the walking robot dynamics. In this paper, we design an adaptive ankle torque controller to simultaneously address these two uncertainties and propose a step-length planner to minimize the required control torque. Typically, an adaptive controller is used for a continuous system. To apply adaptive control on a hybrid system such as a walking robot, an intermediate command profile is introduced to ensure a continuous error system. Simulations on a planar bipedal robot, along with comparisons against a baseline controller, demonstrate that the proposed approach effectively ensures stable walking and accurate tracking under unknown, time-varying disturbances.
title Adaptive Ankle Torque Control for Bipedal Humanoid Walking on Surfaces with Unknown Horizontal and Vertical Motion
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.11799