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Control of a Biped Walking Robot during the Double Support Phase

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This paper discusses the control problem of a biped walking robotduring the double-support phase. Motion of a biped robot during thedouble-support phase can be formulated as motion of robotmanipulators under holonomic constraints. Based on the formulation,the walking gait is generated by controlling the position of thetrunk of the robot to track a desired trajectory, referenced in theworld frame. Constrained forces at both feet were controlled suchthat firm contact is preserved between the feet and ground by using asimplified model of the double-support phase. The control scheme wasevaluated experimentally.

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Mitobe, K., Mori, N., Nasu, Y. et al. Control of a Biped Walking Robot during the Double Support Phase. Autonomous Robots 4, 287–296 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008896010368

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