Stability Criterion for Dynamic Gaits of Quadruped Robot

Dynamic-stability criteria are crucial for robot’s motion planning and balance recovery. Nevertheless, few studies focus on the motion stability of quadruped robots with dynamic gait, none of which have accurately evaluated the robots’ stability. To fill the gaps in this field, this paper presents a new stability criterion for the motion of quadruped robots with dynamic gaits running over irregular terrain. The traditional zero-moment point (ZMP) is improved to analyze the motion on irregular terrain precisely for dynamic gaits. A dynamic-stability criterion and measurement are proposed to determine the stability state of the robot and to evaluate its stability. The simulation results show the limitations of the existing stability criteria for dynamic gaits and indicate that the criterion proposed in this paper can accurately and efficiently evaluate the stability of a quadruped robot using such gaits.

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