A doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Informatics, University of Murcia by Juan José Jiménez Alcaraz has devised a method that improves stability of humanoid robots and their reaction to the presence of obstacles in his way.
This research, which has been rated as outstanding cum laude, proposes a system of balance control of these robots that improves the robustness of its progress and resistance to shocks.
The method combines the stability criterion of zero moment point control of the angular momentum and the timing of the step.
This combination significantly improves the driving stability and allows the robot to run stable movements and recover from the impacts that may occur in the presence of obstacles.
The dissertation was directed by Professors Humberto Martinez Barbera, University of Murcia, and David Herrero Pérez, Polytechnic University of Cartagena, and judged by a court presided Carlos Balaguer Bernaldo de Quiros, University Carlos III of Madrid .
Source: Universidad de Murcia