Incorporating Human-Inspired Ankle Characteristics in a Forced-Oscillation-Based Reduced-Order Model for Walking

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Hauptverfasser: Semasinghe, Chathura, Rezazadeh, Siavash
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author Semasinghe, Chathura
Rezazadeh, Siavash
author_facet Semasinghe, Chathura
Rezazadeh, Siavash
contents This paper extends the forced-oscillation-based reduced-order model of walking to a model with ankles and feet. A human-inspired paradigm was designed for the ankle dynamics, which results in improved gait characteristics compared to the point-foot model. In addition, it was shown that while the proposed model can stabilize against large errors in initial conditions through combination of foot placement and ankle strategies, the model is able to stabilize against small perturbations without relying on the foot placement control and solely through the designed proprioceptive ankle scheme. This novel property, which is also observed in humans, can help in better understanding of anthropomorphic walking and its stabilization mechanisms.
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spellingShingle Incorporating Human-Inspired Ankle Characteristics in a Forced-Oscillation-Based Reduced-Order Model for Walking
Semasinghe, Chathura
Rezazadeh, Siavash
Robotics
This paper extends the forced-oscillation-based reduced-order model of walking to a model with ankles and feet. A human-inspired paradigm was designed for the ankle dynamics, which results in improved gait characteristics compared to the point-foot model. In addition, it was shown that while the proposed model can stabilize against large errors in initial conditions through combination of foot placement and ankle strategies, the model is able to stabilize against small perturbations without relying on the foot placement control and solely through the designed proprioceptive ankle scheme. This novel property, which is also observed in humans, can help in better understanding of anthropomorphic walking and its stabilization mechanisms.
title Incorporating Human-Inspired Ankle Characteristics in a Forced-Oscillation-Based Reduced-Order Model for Walking
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20689