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Published on: April 11, 2018
The generalized spring-loaded inverted pendulum model for analysis of various planar reduced-order models and for
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 106, Taiwan.
Abstract:
This paper proposes a generalized spring-loaded inverted pendulum (G-SLIP) model to explore various popular reduced-order dynamic models' characteristics and suggest a better robot leg design under specified performance indices. The G-SLIP model's composition can be varied by changing the model's parameters, such as ground contacting type and spring property. It can be transformed into four widely used models: the spring-loaded inverted pendulum (SLIP) model, the two-segment leg model, the SLIP with rolling foot model, and the rolling SLIP model. The effects of rolling contact and spring configuration on the dynamic behavior and fixed-point distribution of the G-SLIP model were analyzed, and the basins of attraction of the four described models were studied. By varying the parameters of the G-SLIP model, the dynamic behavior of the model can be optimized. Optimized for general locomotion running at various speeds, the model provided leg design guidelines. The leg was empirically fabricated and installed on the hexapod for experimental evaluation. The results indicated that the robot with a designed leg runs faster and is more power-efficient.
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