A universal pattern generator for biped walking on 3D slopes

Uneven terrain walking is one of the important premises for biped robots to serve people. However, it is one of the key challenges for biped robots walking on a slope. In this paper, a universal method to generate patterns for biped robot walking on a three-dimensional (3D) slope is proposed. Different from most researches, which only focused on the specific walking directions on a slope as across or along a slope, the proposed method is applied to biped robots for all directions walking on a slope. First, unification of parameters for biped walking on a 3D slope is designed. Second, walking patterns based on dual linear inverted pendulum method (DLLIPM) on a 3D slope are generated. Finally, the effectiveness of the universal pattern generator is verified through simulations.

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