Data processing: generic control systems or specific application – Specific application – apparatus or process – Robot control
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-26
2006-09-26
Black, Thomas (Department: 3661)
Data processing: generic control systems or specific application
Specific application, apparatus or process
Robot control
C700S247000, C700S248000, C700S249000, C700S258000, C700S259000, C318S568100, C318S568110, C318S568120, C318S568200, C901S001000, C901S015000, C901S047000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07113849
ABSTRACT:
The stability of attitude of a robot can be recovered by an ambulation control apparatus and an ambulation control method according to the invention if it is lost in the course of a gesture for which the upper limbs take a major role. The apparatus and the method obtain the pattern of movement of the entire body for walking by deriving the pattern of movement of the loins from an arbitrarily selected pattern of movement of the feet, the trajectory of the ZMP, the pattern of movement of the trunk and that of the upper limbs. Therefore, according to the invention, a robot can determine the gait of the lower limbs so as to realize a stable walk regardless if the robot is standing upright or walking. Particularly, if the robot is made to gesture, using the upper body half including the upper limbs and the trunk while standing upright, it can determine the gait of the lower limbs so as to make a stable walk in response to such a gait of the upper body half.
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Ishida Tatsuzo
Kuroki Yoshihiro
Yamaguchi Jinichi
Black Thomas
Frommer William S.
Frommer & Lawrence & Haug LLP
Jinichi Yamaguchi
Marc McDieunel
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