KR20170001260A - Apparatus and method for controlling attitude of wearable robot in slope - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a device and a method for maintaining an inclined posture of a wearable robot that maintains the posture by adjusting the angle of each joint part of the wearer robot so that the orthogonal point of the ground of the combined mass center of the wearer robot and the wearer is located inside the support base will be.
The inclined posture maintaining device of the wearable robot according to the present invention is characterized in that the angle of rotation of each joint part constituting the wearable robot, the posture of the wearable robot, the posture of the wearer's foot on the wearer's foot, A sensor part 21 for detecting a repulsive force of the joint robot 15 and a center position of the repulsive force in the joint link part 15, a driving part 23 for adjusting the rotation angle of each joint part constituting the wear robot, The center of mass COM of the wearing robot, the position of the orthogonal point of the ground at the center of mass and the position of the supporting base BOS from the input value inputted from the sensor unit 21, If the orthogonal inflection point of the center of mass (COM) of the mass is not located inside the supporting base (BOS), it is judged whether or not the ortho-inflection point is located inside the supporting base (BOS) rotation By controlling the degree and a controller (22) to move into the interior of the base surface (BOS) support the point when the orthogonal projection of the center of mass (COM).
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[0001] The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for maintaining an inclined posture of a wearing robot that prevents overturning of a wearing robot on an inclined or rough terrain, and more particularly, The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for maintaining an inclined posture of a wearing robot that maintains a posture by adjusting the angle of each joint part of the wearing robot so that the orthopedic point is located inside a base of support (BOS).
A wearing robot that supports or assists the strength of a person wearing a person (hereinafter referred to as "wearer") plays a role in helping the robot perform smoothly with less force.
For example, the wearable robot assists the elderly, the disabled, or the patient in the exercise, assists the work ability of the worker in the industrial field, and is also applied to the military so as to assist the maneuvering force of the soldier to improve the combat power.
Particularly, when the wearing robot is applied to the military, it is difficult to maintain the posture stability as compared with other cases because the environment to which the wearing robot is applied is rough compared with other cases.
That is, when a soldier wears the wearable robot, it is applied to a rough terrain such as an unsealed slope or rock in a state of wearing heavy combat equipment. Therefore, the inclination of the terrain, the weight of the wearing robot, , The center of gravity is shifted forward or backward and the balance can be easily lost.
Also, you have to operate your combat equipment like a gun, so you have to be free.
As an example of the conventional technique, a ZMP (Zero Moment Position) estimation technique used for controlling a bipedal walking robot is applied to a wearable robot, but in such a case, there is a possibility that the wearer's motion will be in conflict with the wear robot Therefore, it is necessary to approach the control of the wearing robot in such a direction as to assist the motion to correct the wearer's posture.
On the other hand, the following prior art reference discloses a technique relating to an elastic mechanism for supporting a wear robot in the knee joint torque.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method of measuring the angle of the joint part of the wear robot in a state in which the wearer wears the wear robot, And an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for maintaining an inclined posture of a wearing robot capable of computing the center of gravity and ensuring posture stability of the wearing robot.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for maintaining an inclined posture of a wearable robot, the apparatus comprising: A sensor unit for detecting a rotation angle, an attitude of the wearer robot, a repulsive force between the knee link part and the ground which is worn on the wearer's foot of the wearer robot, and a center position of the repulsive force in the knee link part, A center of gravity of the mass center of the wearer robot, a position of an orthogonal center of gravity of the center of mass of the center of mass and a position of a supporting base surface of the center of mass orthogonal to the ground from the input value inputted from the sensor unit, And determines whether the orthogonal point of the ground of the center of mass of the wearing robot is located inside the supporting base, And a control unit controlling the driving unit to adjust the rotation angle of the joint part to move the center of mass to the inside of the supporting base surface if the ground orthogonal point of the center of the base mass is not located inside the supporting base. do.
The control unit calculates the mass center of the wearing robot from the rotation angle of each joint part input from the sensor unit and the repulsive force between the base link and the ground, And the supporting base surface is calculated from the center position.
The control unit controls the angle of the backpack support unit or the pelvis link unit of the wearer robot so that the upper body of the wearer is bowed down if the orthogonal point of the ground of the center of mass of the wearer robot is located behind the wearer robot from the support base And controlling the angle of the backpack support portion or the pelvis link portion of the wearer robot to be turned back when the orthogonal point of the ground of the center of mass of the wearer robot is positioned in front of the wearer robot from the support base surface .
Further comprising an operation unit operated by the wearer and outputting a signal according to an operation input from the wearer to the control unit, wherein when the wearer operates the operation unit, the angle of the backpack support unit or the pelvis link unit is adjusted .
The sensor unit includes an attitude measuring sensor installed on a backpack part of the wearer robot and a foot link part of the wearer robot to sense the attitude of the wearer robot and a backpack support supporting the backpack part on the wearer's robot, A joint angle sensor provided between the pelvis link portion and the pelvis link portion to be worn on the wearer's pelvic joint and between the pelvis link portion and the femur link portion to be worn on the wearer's femur; And a foot sensor for measuring a pressure applied to the foot link portion.
The method of maintaining the inclined posture of the wearing robot according to the present invention is a method of maintaining the attitude of the wearing robot so that the wearing robot positioned on a slope is not rolled over, A sensing step of sensing an angle, a posture of the wearing robot, a repulsive force of the wearer robot with respect to the ground, and a center position of the repulsive force of the wearer robot, and a mass of the mass centered at the center of the wearer robot Determining whether an orthogonal projection point of the center is located inside the supporting base surface of the wearer robot; and determining whether the orthogonal projection point of the center of gravity of the mass center is located on the supporting base surface And an attitude control step of controlling the attitude of the wearing robot of the robot.
In the posture control step, the angle of the backpack support portion of the wearer robot is controlled to control the ground orthogonal point of the center of mass to be positioned inside the support base.
The posture control step controls the angle of the pelvis link portion of the wearing robot so that the ground orthogonal point of the center of mass is located inside the supporting base.
The angle of at least one of the backpack supporter and the pelvis link is reduced so that the waist of the wearer is bowed in the posture control step if the orthogonal point of the ground of the center of mass of the wearer robot is located behind the base And controls the angle of at least one of the backpack support portion and the pelvis link portion to be increased so that the waist of the wearer is bent back in the posture control step if the orthogonal point of the ground of the center of mass of the wearer robot is located forward from the base surface .
According to the apparatus and method for maintaining the inclined posture of the wearing robot according to the present invention, the position of the center of mass of the wearer worn by the wearing robot is determined, and the orthogonality point of the ground at the center of mass is located inside the supporting base It is possible to prevent the wearer wearing the wearing robot from losing balance due to the posture of the wearing robot.
In particular, since the orthogonal points of the center of mass are located inside the supporting base, the soldiers wearing various combat equipment can prevent the risk of injury of the soldiers by preventing slippage or falling in battlefields made of inclined or rocky hills have.
In addition, since the wearable robot can assist the soldier's exercise ability in the battlefield, the combat power is improved by improving the maneuverability of the soldier and reducing fatigue.
1 is a side view showing a wearing robot to which an inclined posture maintaining device of a wearing robot according to the present invention is applied.
2 is a block diagram showing an inclined posture maintaining apparatus of a wearing robot according to the present invention.
FIGS. 3A and 3B are side views illustrating a process of controlling a wearing robot by an inclined posture maintaining device of a wearing robot according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
4A and 4B are side views illustrating a process of controlling a wearing robot by an inclined posture maintaining device of a wearing robot according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a method of maintaining an inclined posture of a wearable robot according to the present invention. FIG.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a slant posture maintaining apparatus for a wearable robot according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The inclined posture maintaining device of the wearable robot according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a rotation angle of each joint part constituting the wearable robot, an attitude of the wearable robot, a position of the knee link part supporting the foot of the wearer
Before describing the inclined posture maintaining device of the wearing robot according to the present invention, the configuration of the wearing robot will be described as follows.
As shown in FIG. 1, the wearing robot includes a
The portions where the
2, the inclined
The
The
Meanwhile, the
The
The
The center of mass (COM) becomes the center of mass when the wearer wears the wearing robot. The mass center COM is calculated by the
The
Further, the
The inclined posture maintaining device of the wearing robot according to the present invention having the above-described configuration is operated by the following method of maintaining the inclined posture of the wearing robot so as to maintain a stable posture on an inclined or rough surface.
Meanwhile, another embodiment of the inclined posture maintaining apparatus of the wearing robot according to the present invention is shown in Figs. 4A to 4C.
The inclined posture maintaining apparatus of the wearing robot according to another embodiment of the present invention includes an
In the above-described embodiment, in controlling the attitude of the wearing robot, the attitude of the wearing robot is measured through the
Hereinafter, a method of maintaining an inclined posture of a wearable robot according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in FIG. 5, the method of maintaining the inclined posture of the wearable robot according to the present invention is characterized in that the angle of rotation of each joint part of the wearable robot, the posture of the wearable robot, A sensing step S110 of sensing the center position of the repulsive force of the wearer robot and the center position of the repulsive force in the
The detecting step S110 is a step of detecting the rotational angle of each joint part of the wearing robot, the attitude of the wearing robot, the repulsive force between the wearer's joint 15 and the ground, and the repulsive force acting on the wearer's joint 15 The process of detecting the center position is a process of collecting basic data for maintaining the attitude of the wearing robot moving on the slope, the rough, and the like.
The rotation angles of the respective joint parts can be obtained from the
The posture determination step S120 determines whether the
The
The posture control step S130 is performed when it is determined that the posture of the wearing robot is unstable in the posture judging step S120. In the posture control step S130, the attitude of the wearing robot is controlled so that the ground orthocrite point of the center of mass (COM) of the wearing robot is located inside the supporting base surface (BOS) so as to become a more stable state of the wearing robot .
That is, when the orthogonal point of the ground of the center of mass (COM) of the wearing robot is located rearward from the supporting base surface (BOS), the wearing robot is tilted backward, The center of mass COM of the wear robot is moved so that the orthogonal point of the ground of the center of mass COM of the wear robot is moved forward. On the contrary, if the center of mass of the wearing robot is located in front of the supporting base surface (BOS), the wear robot is caused to fall forward, so that the orthocrite point of the ground of the center of mass (COM) Move the center of mass (COM) of the robot.
On the other hand, to move the center of mass (COM), the angle of the waist joint of the wearable robot is controlled or the angle of the pelvic joint is controlled. For example, when the center of gravity of the center of gravity COM of the wearer robot is located behind the support base BOS, the angle of the
When the waist of the wearing robot is tilted, the center of mass (COM) of the wearing robot moves forward, and the orthogonal point of the ground of the center of mass (COM) is positioned inside the supporting base (BOS) The attitude of the wearing robot becomes stable.
If the center of mass of the wearing robot is in front of the supporting base (BOS), the center of gravity (COM) of the wearing robot is controlled by controlling the angle of the waist joint or the angle of the pelvis joint so that the waist of the wearer robot is extended. To the rear.
1: backpack part 11: backpack support part
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A rotation angle of each joint part constituting the wearer robot, an attitude of the wearer robot, a repulsive force between the knee link part and the ground worn on the wearer's foot of the wearer robot, and a center position of the repulsive force in the knee link part A sensor unit for sensing,
A driving unit for adjusting a rotation angle of each joint part constituting the wearing robot,
Calculating a position of a center of mass of the wearer robot, a position of an orthogonal point of the ground at the center of mass of the mass center of the mass centered at the center of the mass, and a position of the support base from the input value input from the sensor unit, Wherein the control unit controls the driving unit to adjust the angle of rotation of the joint so that the orthogonal point of the ground of the center of mass is located inside the support base And a control unit for controlling the movement of the wearer robot.
Wherein,
Calculating a mass center of the wearer robot based on a rotation angle of each joint part input from the sensor unit and a repulsive force between the joint link unit and the ground,
Wherein the supporting base is calculated from a center position of the repulsive force at the base link portion input from the sensor unit.
Wherein,
And controlling the angle of the backpack support portion or the pelvis link portion of the wearer robot so that the upper body of the wearer is bowed when the orthogonal point of the ground at the center of mass of the wearer robot is located at the rear of the wearer robot from the support base,
And controls the angle of the backpack support portion or the pelvis link portion of the wearer robot to be turned back when the orthogonal point of the ground on the center of mass of the wearer robot is located in front of the wearer robot from the support base surface And the inclined posture maintaining device of the wearing robot.
Further comprising an operation unit operated by the wearer and outputting a signal according to an operation input from the wearer to the control unit,
Wherein the angle of the backpack support portion or the pelvis link portion is adjusted when the wearer operates the operation unit.
The sensor unit includes:
A posture measuring sensor installed on the backpack part of the wearer robot and the foot link part of the wearer robot to sense the posture of the wearer robot,
A backpack support portion for supporting the backpack portion of the wearer robot and worn on the back of the wearer and a pelvis link portion to be worn on the wearer's pelvic joint and a fulcrum link portion to be worn on the femur of the wearer Joint angle sensor,
And a foot sensor for measuring a repulsive force between the base link unit and the ground or a pressure applied to the base link unit.
A sensing step of sensing a rotation angle of each joint part of the wearer robot, an attitude of the wearer robot, a repulsive force between the wearer's joint and the ground, and a center position of the repulsive force in the wearer's joint,
A posture judging step of judging whether an orthogonality point of a center of mass centered at the center of mass of the wearer robot is orthogonal to the ground,
And an attitude controlling step of controlling the attitude of the wearing robot on the supporting base surface if the ground orthogonal point of the center of mass is not located inside the supporting base surface. How to maintain posture.
In the posture control step,
And controlling the angle of the backpack support portion of the wearer robot so that the orthogonal point of the ground of the center of mass is located inside the support base surface.
In the posture control step,
And controlling the angle of the pelvis link portion of the wearing robot so that the orthogonal point of the ground of the center of mass is located inside the supporting base.
In the posture determination step,
And controlling the angle of at least one of the backpack support portion and the pelvis link portion to be reduced so that the waist of the wearer is bowed in the posture control step when the orthogonal point of the ground of the center of mass of the wearer robot is located behind the base,
And controlling the angle of at least one of the backpack support portion and the pelvis link portion to be increased so that the waist of the wearer is bent back in the posture control step if the orthogonal point of the ground of the center of mass of the wearer robot is located forward from the base surface Of the worn robot.
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