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JRM Vol.18 No.3 pp. 271-277
doi: 10.20965/jrm.2006.p0271
(2006)

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New Biped Foot System Adaptable to Uneven Terrain

Kenji Hashimoto*, Yusuke Sugahara*, Hun-ok Lim**,***,
and Atsuo Takanishi*,***

*Department of Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Ookubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan

**Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1 Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 221-8686, Japan

***Humanoid Robotics Institute (HRI), Waseda University, 17-41-2-04A Kikui-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0044, Japan

Received:
October 27, 2005
Accepted:
April 17, 2006
Published:
June 20, 2006
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Keywords:
biped walking, uneven terrain, locking mechanism, foot mechanism
Abstract
Many types of control have been studied assuming that soles of a biped robot’s feet contact the ground at four points. The rigid, flat soles of most such robots rarely maintain four-point contact on uneven terrain, however, and may lose balance. Solving this problem requires that both control and the foot itself be studied. We developed a new foot system, Waseda Shoes - No.1 (WS-1) to maintain four-point contact on uneven terrain, followed by Waseda Shoes - No.1 Refined (WS-1R), which solved problems with WS-1. Hardware experiment confirmed WS-1R feasibility.
Cite this article as:
K. Hashimoto, Y. Sugahara, H. Lim, and A. Takanishi, “New Biped Foot System Adaptable to Uneven Terrain,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.18 No.3, pp. 271-277, 2006.
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