Nature-inspired optimization for biped robot locomotion and gait planning

Shahriar Asta*, Sanem Sariel-Talay

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Abstract

Biped locomotion for humanoid robots is a challenging problem that has come into prominence in recent years. As the degrees of freedom of a humanoid robot approaches to that of humans, the need for a better, flexible and robust maneuverability becomes inevitable for real or realistic environments. This paper presents new motion types for a humanoid robot in coronal plane on the basis of Partial Fourier Series model. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that omni-directionality has been achieved for this motion model. Three different nature-inspired optimization algorithms have been used to improve the gait quality by tuning the parameters of the proposed model. It has been empirically shown that the trajectories of the two specific motion types, namely side walk and diagonal walk, can be successfully improved by using these optimization methods. The best results are obtained by the Simulated Annealing procedure with restarting.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationApplications of Evolutionary Computation - EvoApplications 2011
Subtitle of host publicationEvoCOMNET, EvoFIN, EvoHOT, EvoMUSART, EvoSTIM, and EvoTRANSLOG, Proceedings
Pages434-443
Number of pages10
EditionPART 2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
EventEvoCOMNET, EvoFIN, EvoHOT, EvoMUSART, EvoSTIM, and EvoTRANSLOG, EvoApplications 2011 - Torino, Italy
Duration: 27 Apr 201129 Apr 2011

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 2
Volume6625 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceEvoCOMNET, EvoFIN, EvoHOT, EvoMUSART, EvoSTIM, and EvoTRANSLOG, EvoApplications 2011
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityTorino
Period27/04/1129/04/11

Keywords

  • Biped robot locomotion
  • coronal plane
  • gait planning
  • genetic algorithms
  • omnidirectional locomotion
  • sagittal plane
  • simulated annealing

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