Development of Foot Structure for Humanoid Robot Using Topology Optimization

Abstract:

This paper addresses the development of a foot structure for 22-Degree of Freedom (DoF) humanoid robot. The goal of this research is to reduce the weight of the foot and enable the robot to walk steadily. The proposed foot structure is based on the consideration of cases where the ground reaction forces are set up in different situations. The optimal foot structure is a combination of all the topology optimization results. Additionally, a gait pattern is generated by an approximated optimization method based on Response Surface Model (RSM) and Improved Self-Adaptive Differential Evolution Algorithm (ISADE). The result is validated through dynamic simulation by a commercially available software called Adams (MSC software, USA) with the humanoid robot named KHR-3HV belonging to Kondo Kagaku company.

• Periodical: Advanced Engineering Forum (Volume 29)
• Pages: 34-45
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AEF.29.34
• Online since: August 2018
• Authors: Van Tinh Nguyen*, Daichi Kiuchi, Hiroshi Hasegawa
• Keywords: Flat Ground, Foot Structure, Gait Pattern, Humanoid Robot, Topology

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