On Exploration of Mechanical Insights into Bipedal Walking: Gait Characteristics, Energy Efficiency, and Experimentation
| dc.contributor.author | Alghooneh, Mansoor | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Balakrishnan, Subramaniam (Mechanical Engineering) Anderson, John (Computer Science) Park, Edward (Mechatronic Systems Engineering, Simon Fraser University) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Wu, Christine Q. (Mechanical Engineering) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-04-28T15:13:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-04-28T15:13:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | en_US |
| dc.degree.discipline | Mechanical Engineering | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Human walking is dynamic, stable, and energy efficient. To achieve such remarkable legged locomotion in robots, engineers have explored bipedal robots developed based on two paradigms: trajectory-controlled and passive-based walking. Trajectory-controlled bipeds often deliver energy-inefficient gaits. The reason is that these bipeds are controlled via high-impedance geared electrical motors to accurately follow predesigned trajectories. Such trajectories are designed to keep a biped locally balanced continually while walking. On the other hand, passive-based bipeds provide energy-efficient gaits. The reason is that these bipeds adapt to their natural dynamics. Such gaits are stable limit-cycles through entire walking motion, and do not require being locally balanced at every instant during walking. However, passive-based bipeds are often of round/point foot bipeds that are not capable of achieving and experiencing standing, stopping, and some important bipedal gait phases and events, such as the double support phase. Therefore, the goals of this thesis are established such that the aforementioned limitations on trajectory-controlled and passive-based bipeds are resolved. Toward the above goal, comprehensive simulation and experimental explorations into bipedal walking have been carried out. Firstly, a novel systematic trajectory-controlled gait-planning framework has been developed to provide mechanical insights into bipedal walking in terms of gait characteristics and energy efficiency. For the same purpose, a novel mathematical model of passive-based bipedal walking with compliant hip-actuation and compliant-ankle flat-foot has been developed. Finally, based on mechanical insights that have been achieved by the aforementioned passive-based model, a physical prototype of a passive-based bipedal robot has been designed and fabricated. The prototype experimentally validates the importance of compliant hip-actuation in achieving a highly dynamic and energy efficient gait. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | October 2015 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mansoor Alghooneh and Christine Wu, "Single-support heel-off, a crucial gait event helps achieving energy efficient and agile bipedal walking", Robotica, vol. in press, 2014. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | M. Alghooneh and C. Wu, "A systematic gait-planning framework negotiating biomechanically motivated characteristics of a planar bipedal robot," International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, vol. 9, no. 4, 2012. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/30414 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | World Scientific | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Cambridge Journals | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | Bipedal robots | en_US |
| dc.subject | Energy efficiency | en_US |
| dc.subject | Gait characteristics | en_US |
| dc.subject | bipedal walking | en_US |
| dc.subject | Experimentation | en_US |
| dc.title | On Exploration of Mechanical Insights into Bipedal Walking: Gait Characteristics, Energy Efficiency, and Experimentation | en_US |
| dc.type | doctoral thesis | en_US |