Analysis and control of a running spring-mass model with a trunk based on virtual pendulum concept

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2022-05-26

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Karagoz, O K
Secer, G
Ankaralı, Mustafa Mert
Saranli, U

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© 2022 IOP Publishing Ltd.The spring-loaded inverted pendulum model has been one of the most studied conceptual models in the locomotion community. Even though it can adequately explain the center of mass trajectories of numerous legged animals, it remains insufficient in template-based control of complex robot platforms, being unable to capture additional dynamic characteristics of locomotion exhibited in additional degrees of freedom such as trunk pitch oscillations. In fact, analysis of trunk behavior during locomotion has been one of the motivations behind studying the virtual pivot point (VPP) concept, with biological inspiration and basis for both natural and synthetic systems with non-negligible trunk dynamics. This study first presents a comprehensive analysis of the VPP concept for planar running behaviors, followed by a systematic study of the existence and characteristics of periodic solutions. In particular, we investigate how periodic solutions depend on model control parameters and compare them based on stability and energetic cost. We then develop a feedback controller that can stabilize system dynamics around its periodic solutions and evaluate performance as compared to a previously introduced controller from the literature. We demonstrate the effectiveness of both controllers and find that the proposed control scheme creates larger basins of attraction with minor degradation in convergence speed. In conclusion, this study shows that the VPP concept, in conjunction with the proposed controller, could be beneficial in designing and controlling legged robots capable of running with non-trivial upper body dynamics. Our systematic analysis of periodic solutions arising from the use of the VPP concept is also an important step towards a more formal basis for comparisons of the VPP concept with bio-locomotion.

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humanoid robots, legged locomotion, periodic solution analysis, postural control, spring loaded inverted pendulum model, trunk motion, virtual pivot point

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/97632

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Bioinspiration & biomimetics

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/ac6d97

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O. K. Karagoz, G. Secer, M. M. Ankaralı, and U. Saranli, “Analysis and control of a running spring-mass model with a trunk based on virtual pendulum concept,” Bioinspiration & biomimetics, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 0–0, 2022, Accessed: 00, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85131107080&origin=inward.