CubiXMusashi: Fusion of Wire-Driven CubiX and Musculoskeletal Humanoid Musashi toward Unlimited Performance

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Main Authors: Inoue, Shintaro, Kawaharazuka, Kento, Suzuki, Temma, Yuzaki, Sota, Ribayashi, Yoshimoto, Sahara, Yuta, Okada, Kei
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Published: 2024
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author Inoue, Shintaro
Kawaharazuka, Kento
Suzuki, Temma
Yuzaki, Sota
Ribayashi, Yoshimoto
Sahara, Yuta
Okada, Kei
author_facet Inoue, Shintaro
Kawaharazuka, Kento
Suzuki, Temma
Yuzaki, Sota
Ribayashi, Yoshimoto
Sahara, Yuta
Okada, Kei
contents Humanoids exhibit a wide variety in terms of joint configuration, actuators, and degrees of freedom, resulting in different achievable movements and tasks for each type. Particularly, musculoskeletal humanoids are developed to closely emulate human body structure and movement functions, consisting of a skeletal framework driven by numerous muscle actuators. The redundant arrangement of muscles relative to the skeletal degrees of freedom has been used to represent the flexible and complex body movements observed in humans. However, due to this flexible body and high degrees of freedom, modeling, simulation, and control become extremely challenging, limiting the feasible movements and tasks. In this study, we integrate the musculoskeletal humanoid Musashi with the wire-driven robot CubiX, capable of connecting to the environment, to form CubiXMusashi. This combination addresses the shortcomings of traditional musculoskeletal humanoids and enables movements beyond the capabilities of other humanoids. CubiXMusashi connects to the environment with wires and drives by winding them, successfully achieving movements such as pull-up, rising from a lying pose, and mid-air kicking, which are difficult for Musashi alone. This concept demonstrates that various humanoids, not limited to musculoskeletal humanoids, can mitigate their physical constraints and acquire new abilities by connecting to the environment and driving through wires.
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spellingShingle CubiXMusashi: Fusion of Wire-Driven CubiX and Musculoskeletal Humanoid Musashi toward Unlimited Performance
Inoue, Shintaro
Kawaharazuka, Kento
Suzuki, Temma
Yuzaki, Sota
Ribayashi, Yoshimoto
Sahara, Yuta
Okada, Kei
Robotics
Humanoids exhibit a wide variety in terms of joint configuration, actuators, and degrees of freedom, resulting in different achievable movements and tasks for each type. Particularly, musculoskeletal humanoids are developed to closely emulate human body structure and movement functions, consisting of a skeletal framework driven by numerous muscle actuators. The redundant arrangement of muscles relative to the skeletal degrees of freedom has been used to represent the flexible and complex body movements observed in humans. However, due to this flexible body and high degrees of freedom, modeling, simulation, and control become extremely challenging, limiting the feasible movements and tasks. In this study, we integrate the musculoskeletal humanoid Musashi with the wire-driven robot CubiX, capable of connecting to the environment, to form CubiXMusashi. This combination addresses the shortcomings of traditional musculoskeletal humanoids and enables movements beyond the capabilities of other humanoids. CubiXMusashi connects to the environment with wires and drives by winding them, successfully achieving movements such as pull-up, rising from a lying pose, and mid-air kicking, which are difficult for Musashi alone. This concept demonstrates that various humanoids, not limited to musculoskeletal humanoids, can mitigate their physical constraints and acquire new abilities by connecting to the environment and driving through wires.
title CubiXMusashi: Fusion of Wire-Driven CubiX and Musculoskeletal Humanoid Musashi toward Unlimited Performance
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.23682