In nature, quadrupeds as horses or cats change their gait to be suited to their motion speed. This fact is very important to realize smooth motion with different gaits. In this article a method of the gait transition ...In nature, quadrupeds as horses or cats change their gait to be suited to their motion speed. This fact is very important to realize smooth motion with different gaits. In this article a method of the gait transition for the quadruped walking machine is proposed. With analyzing the accustomed gaits of quadruped, some standard gaits and the relationships between duty factor and the phasic differences of the legs corresponding to the first leg could be concluded. With this, the gaits transferring could be continuous. Besides, celerity and on line method for generation and modifying gaits is studied, which can make the robot have a smooth motion to adapt the uncharted rough terrain.展开更多
A screw drive in-pipe robot is promising inspection equipment for small pipes. However, most of the existing screw drive in-pipe robots have problems of motion interference and slipping inside curved or irregular pipe...A screw drive in-pipe robot is promising inspection equipment for small pipes. However, most of the existing screw drive in-pipe robots have problems of motion interference and slipping inside curved or irregular pipes. These problems result from the coupled relations among the steering motion, the motion speed and the load ability of the robot. In order to deal with the problems, the axiomatic design （AD） theory is applied to evaluate and analyze the existing designs. Then an uncoupled con- cept design based on the AD theory is proposed and the complete AD decomposition process is presented. After that, the pro- posed robot based on a tri-axial differential angle modulation mechanism is designed to realize the uncoupled concept. Finally, the uncoupled property is verified in a dynamics simulation system. The simulation results indicate that the mc tion speed, load ability and steering motion of the proposed robot can be adjusted individually compared with the robots taat have inclin- ing-angle-fixed rollers. Owing to the uncoupled design, the proposed robot can mechanically adapt to straight pipes and curved pipes with less roller slipping.展开更多
基金Supported by the china postdoctoral Science Foundation （No. 20080430362）.
文摘In nature, quadrupeds as horses or cats change their gait to be suited to their motion speed. This fact is very important to realize smooth motion with different gaits. In this article a method of the gait transition for the quadruped walking machine is proposed. With analyzing the accustomed gaits of quadruped, some standard gaits and the relationships between duty factor and the phasic differences of the legs corresponding to the first leg could be concluded. With this, the gaits transferring could be continuous. Besides, celerity and on line method for generation and modifying gaits is studied, which can make the robot have a smooth motion to adapt the uncharted rough terrain.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61273345)
文摘A screw drive in-pipe robot is promising inspection equipment for small pipes. However, most of the existing screw drive in-pipe robots have problems of motion interference and slipping inside curved or irregular pipes. These problems result from the coupled relations among the steering motion, the motion speed and the load ability of the robot. In order to deal with the problems, the axiomatic design （AD） theory is applied to evaluate and analyze the existing designs. Then an uncoupled con- cept design based on the AD theory is proposed and the complete AD decomposition process is presented. After that, the pro- posed robot based on a tri-axial differential angle modulation mechanism is designed to realize the uncoupled concept. Finally, the uncoupled property is verified in a dynamics simulation system. The simulation results indicate that the mc tion speed, load ability and steering motion of the proposed robot can be adjusted individually compared with the robots taat have inclin- ing-angle-fixed rollers. Owing to the uncoupled design, the proposed robot can mechanically adapt to straight pipes and curved pipes with less roller slipping.
