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과거부터 로봇의 실생활 활용에 관한 연구가 지속됨에 따라 현대사회에서 이전까지의 실험 환경에서 벗어나 사회 각 분야로의 진출이 지속적으로 시도 되고 있다. 하지만 로봇이 실제 환경에 적용되기 위해서 기존의 로봇 플랫 폼 상용화의 가장 큰 단점으로 꼽히는 생산 비용과 인간 기준의 작업환경에서의 적응성 문제가 선결되어야 한다. 본 논문에서는 사람의 자유도와 크기를 따르는 이족보행 형태의 로봇을 제안하였으며, 엔코더를 포텐셔미터 접목모듈로 대 체하여 높은 생산 단가를 절감하고, 파트 교체가 쉬운 모듈형 설계를 채택하여 로봇의 유지 보수비용을 절감 하였다. 최종적으로 크기와 모터의 배열이 다른 두 가지의 더미로봇에 보행패턴을 적용하여 안정성을 검증하였고, 본 논문에서 는 제작된 실제 로봇들을 이용한 보행 패턴을 적용 및 보행 실험을 통하여 제안한 이족보행 로봇 적용가능성을 검증하 였다.

As research on the practical use of robots has continued since the past, advancements into each field of society are being continuously tried in modern society, breaking bounds from the previous experimental environment. However, in order for robots to be applied to the real environment, the production cost, which is considered to be the biggest disadvantage of commercializing the existing robot platform, and the adaptability issue in working environments in terms of human standards must be considered. This paper proposes a robot of biped walking form, which conforms to the degree of freedom and the size of human beings. By replacing the encoder with a combined module of potentiometer, the high cost of production is reduced, and by adopting a modular design that is easy to replace parts, the maintenance cost of robots is reduced. Finally, stability was verified by applying a walking pattern to two dummy robots of different sizes and motor arrangements. In this paper, after developing the real biped walking robots, the performance and usability were verified through walking experiments and applying the walking pattern using the developed robots.

A stable walking pattern generation method for a biped robot is presented in this paper. In general, the ZMP (zero moment point) equations, which are expressed as differential equations, are solved to obtain a stable walking pattern. However, the number of differential equations is less than that of unknown coordinates in the ZMP equations. It is impossible to integrate the ZMP equations directly since one or more constraint equations are involved in the ZMP equations. To overcome this difficulty, DAE (differential and algebraic equation) solution method is employed. The proposed method has enough flexibility for various kinematic structures. Walking simulation for a virtual biped robot is performed to demonstrate the effectiveness and validity of the proposed method. The method can be applied to the biped robot for stable walking pattern generation.

In order to accomplish complex navigational commands, humanoid robot should be able to modify its walking period, step length and direction independently. In this paper, a novel walking pattern generation algorithm is proposed to satisfy these requirements. Modification of the walking pattern can be considered as a transition between two periodic walking patterns, which follows each navigational command. By assuming the robot as a linear inverted pendulum, the equations of motion between ZMP(Zero Moment Point) and CM(Center of Mass) state is easily derived and analyzed. After navigational command is translated into the desired CM state, corresponding CM motion is generated to achieve the desired state by using simple ZMP functions. Moreover, when the command is not feasible, feasible command is alternated by using binary search algorithm. Subsequently, corresponding CM motion is generated. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is verified by computer simulation.

The modifiable walking pattern generation (MWPG) algorithm can handle dynamic walking commands by changing the walking period, step length, and direction independently. When an infeasible command is given, the algorithm changes the command to a feasible one. After the feasibility of the navigational command is checked, it is translated into the desired center of mass (CM) state. To achieve the desired CM state, a reference CM trajectory is generated using predefined zero moment point (ZMP) functions. Based on the proposed algorithm, various complex walking patterns were generated, including backward and sideways walking. The effectiveness of the patterns was verified in dynamic simulations using the Webots simulator.

To accommodate various navigational commands, a humanoid should be able to change its walking motion in real time. Using the modifiable walking pattern generation (MWPG) algorithm, a humanoid can handle dynamic walking commands by changing its walking period, step length, and direction independently. If the humanoid is given a command to perform an infeasible movement, the algorithm substitutes the infeasible command with a feasible one using binary search. The feasible navigational command is subsequently translated into the desired center-of-mass (CM) state. Every sample time CM reference is generated using a zero-moment-point (ZMP) variation scheme. Based on this algorithm, various complex walking patterns can be generated, including backward and sideways walking, without detailed consideration of the feasibility of the navigational commands. In a previous study, the effectiveness of the MWPG algorithm was verified by dynamic simulation. This paper presents experimental results obtained using the small-sized humanoid robot platform DARwIn-OP.

In this research, a stable walking pattern generation method for a biped robot is presented. A biped robot is considered as constrained multibody system by several kinematic joints. The proposed method is based on the optimized polynomial approximation of the trunk motion along the moving direction. Foot motions can be designed according to the ground condition and walking speed. To minimize the deviation from the desired ZMP, the trunk motion is generated by the fifth order polynomial approximation. Walking simulation for a virtual biped robot is performed to demonstrate the effectiveness and validity of the proposed method. The method can be applied to the biped robot for stable walking pattern generation.

최근 들어 안정적인 보행 패턴 생성을 위해서 많은 방법들이 제안 되고 있다. 대부분의 논문에서 주기적인 보행에 대한 연구는 이루어지고 있으나 첫 보행 구간과 마지막 보행 구간에 대한 분석은 이루어지지 않고 있다. 본 논문은 첫 보행 구간과 마지막 보행 구간에 대한 분석을 통해 기존의 역 진자 모델(Inverted pendulum model)을 기반으로 부드러운 무게 중심의 궤적을 생성하는 해석적 방법을 제안한다. 이를 위해 먼저 정현파 함수를 이용해 영 모멘트 위치(ZMP, Zero Moment Point) 궤적을 설계한다. 영 모멘트 위치 궤적 설계 시 첫 보행 구간과 마지막 보행 구간에 대해 영 모멘트 위치와 무게 중심 간의 비 최소 위상(non-minimum phase) 시스템의 특성을 이용한다. 제안된 방법을 이용하여 주기적인 보행 구간 및 첫 보행 구간과 마지막 보행 구간에서 부드러운 무게 중심 궤적이 생성됨을 시뮬레이션을 통해 구현하여 제안된 방법의 유효성을 보인다.

인간형 로봇(Humanoid)은 인간과 유사한 구조를 갖고 있는 로봇으로, 이족 보행이 가능하고 양 손이 자유롭기 때문에 인간 생활 환경에 적용이 가능하다. 인간형 로봇은 이족 보행 로봇의 형태를 지니며 보통 20 자유도(DOF : Degree of freedom) 이상의 높은 자유도와 직렬형 링크 구조로 인해 로봇의 안정도를 해석하고 움직임을 제어하기가 어렵다. 이러한 이유로 이족 보행 로봇 동작의 안정도를 증가시키기 위해 로봇의 최적화된 동작 패턴 생성과 자세 제어 등이 연구 되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 범용 근사자의 특징을 갖는 신경망을 이용하여 이족 보행 로봇의 동작 패턴 생성 방법에 대하여 제안하였다. 실제로 계획된 동작을 토대로 6가지의 동작 패턴을 생성하였으며 컴퓨터 모의실험과 상용 이족 보행 로봇을 이용하여 생성된 동작 패턴의 안정도를 확인해보고 제안된 방법에 타당성을 검증하였다.