いつヨタヨタ歩くべきか:低摩擦面上での二足歩行の胴体安定化に関する比較研究
When to Waddle: A Comparative Study of Bipedal Torso-Stabilization on Low-Friction Surfaces
ペンギンのよちよち歩きに着想を得て、低摩擦面での二足歩行において、胴体の横方向の動きと重心位置が歩行性能に与える影響をシミュレーションと実機で比較した研究。
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著者: Naomi Oke, Ben Gu, George Ortiz, Stacy Ashlyn, Cordelia Pride, Sarah Bergbreiter, Aaron M. Johnson
分類: cs.RO
原文アブストラクト
Low-friction surfaces challenge bipedal locomotion by limiting the contact forces available during stepping. Inspired by penguin waddling, we investigate how lateral torso motion and center of mass (COM) placement affect locomotion as surface friction changes. Using a five-actuator biped, we compare an upright-gait strategy with a penguin-inspired torso-over-stance-leg strategy across multiple COM placements in simulation and hardware. In the 3-D simulator MuJoCo, we sweep through sinusoidal leg and hip actuation parameters across four friction coefficients mu = 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7. In simulation, torso-over-stance-leg motion produces more successful controllers and higher forward speeds at low friction, with the highest speed occurring for the high-COM configuration. Hardware experiments show the same low-friction speed trend: at mu=0.12, torso-over-stance-leg motion increases forward speed and reduces cost of transport at both tested COM ratios, and the higher COM also improves both measures. The high-COM penguin configuration is the fastest and most energy efficient while maintaining low sideways foot motion. At mu=0.45, the COM trend reverses: the lower-COM configurations are faster and more energy efficient, while gait strategy has little effect on forward speed but still changes sideways foot motion. These results show that the effects of lateral torso motion and COM placement depend on the available friction, and that forward speed, energy use, and slip-related foot motion can be modulated with a penguin-inspired torso motion on hardware.