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Dynamic Stabilisation of the Biped Lucy Powered by Actuators with Controllable Stiffness

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Authors:
  1. Bram Vanderborght

    1. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium

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  • Reports recent research in bipedal walking exercised with the robot Lucy; the biped robot Lucy is introduced which is not actuated with the classical electrical drives but with pleated pneumatic artificial muscles
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Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics (STAR, volume 63)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Introduction

    • Bram Vanderborght
    Pages 1-40

  3. Description of Lucy

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    Pages 41-91

  4. Trajectory Generator

    • Bram Vanderborght
    Pages 93-142

  5. Trajectory Tracking

    • Bram Vanderborght
    Pages 143-175

  6. Compliance

    • Bram Vanderborght
    Pages 177-213

  7. General Conclusions and Future Work

    • Bram Vanderborght
    Pages 215-221

  8. Back Matter

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This book reports on the developments of the bipedal walking robot Lucy. Special about it is that the biped is not actuated with the classical electrical drives but with pleated pneumatic artificial muscles. In an antagonistic setup of such muscles both the torque and the compliance are controllable. From human walking there is evidence that joint compliance plays an important role in energy efficient walking and running. Moreover pneumatic artificial muscles have a high power to weight ratio and can be coupled directly without complex gearing mechanism, which can be beneficial towards legged mechanisms. Additionally, they have the capability of absorbing impact shocks and store and release motion energy. This book gives a complete description of Lucy: the hardware, the electronics and the software. A hybrid simulation program, combining the robot dynamics and muscle/valve thermodynamics, has been written to evaluate control strategies before implementing them in the real biped.

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  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium

    Bram Vanderborght

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