A Force-Sensing System on Legs for Biomimetic Hexapod Robots Interacting with Unstructured Terrain
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چکیده
The tiger beetle can maintain its stability by controlling the interaction force between its legs and an unstructured terrain while it runs. The biomimetic hexapod robot mimics a tiger beetle, and a comprehensive force sensing system combined with certain algorithms can provide force information that can help the robot understand the unstructured terrain that it interacts with. This study introduces a complicated leg force sensing system for a hexapod robot that is the same for all six legs. First, the layout and configuration of sensing system are designed according to the structure and sizes of legs. Second, the joint toque sensors, 3-DOF foot-end force sensor and force information processing module are designed, and the force sensor performance parameters are tested by simulations and experiments. Moreover, a force sensing system is implemented within the robot control architecture. Finally, the experimental evaluation of the leg force sensor system on the hexapod robot is discussed and the performance of the leg force sensor system is verified.
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