自然な四足歩容のための非線形身体振動の探求
Exploring Nonlinear Body Oscillations for Natural Quadruped Gaits
ロボットの非線形力学を設計段階で予測可能にし、重力・慣性・弾性によって形成される非線形共振から多様な歩容を創発させる枠組みを提案。高コンプライアンス四足ロボットeBertで6つの非線形ノーマルモードを同定し、各モードが異なる速度の歩容へ発展することをシミュレーションと実機で実証した。
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著者: Annika Schmidt, Davide Calzolari, Florian Loeffl, Arne Sachtler, Daniel Seidel, Milan Herrmann, Robert Burger, Thomas Gumpert, Antonin Raffin, Tristan Ehlert, Maximilian Pries, David Wandinger, Florian Schmidt, Manuel Keppler, Jinoh Lee, Alin Albu-Schäffer
分類: cs.RO
原文アブストラクト
Animals' body morphology shapes the gait patterns they can perform, where mechanical resonance reduces the need for active control. By tuning posture and muscle stiffness, they leverage their embodied intelligence to achieve effective gaits for different speeds. In contrast, most quadruped robots are not specifically designed to exploit mechanical resonance due to the complexity of nonlinear dynamics and require dedicated locomotion controllers. To provide an alternative, we present a proof of concept framework making the nonlinear dynamics of a robot predictable in the design process and show how this knowledge can be leveraged such that multi-gait locomotion can emerge from nonlinear resonances, shaped by gravity, inertia, and elasticity. We present the highly compliant quadruped robot eBert, on which we identify six nonlinear normal modes (NNMs) using our new theoretical tools and validate their existence in simulation and hardware. With black-box optimization to determine step length, simulations show how each NNM naturally develops into a distinct gait, manifesting different speeds, which also largely transfers to the robotic hardware. Our experiments show that eBert can exploit its mechanics to generate task-specific movements which may serve as foundation for designing a new generation of agile and efficient robots leveraging embodied intelligence.