Analysis of Stiffness and Energy Consumption of Nonlinear Elastic Joint Legged Robot

In order to reduce the energy consumption of the legged robot in walking, this paper designs a kind of nonlinear elastic joint from the flexible variable-stiffness joint based on the mammal walking on the limb and optimizes the leg structure of the legged robot. The motor is rigidly connected to the...

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Main Authors: Dongliang Chen, Jindong Zhang, Xutao Weng, Yunjian Zhang, Zhonghui Shi
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Applied Bionics and Biomechanics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8894399
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description In order to reduce the energy consumption of the legged robot in walking, this paper designs a kind of nonlinear elastic joint from the flexible variable-stiffness joint based on the mammal walking on the limb and optimizes the leg structure of the legged robot. The motor is rigidly connected to the articulated lever. When the lever is accelerated or decelerated, the elastic unit is introduced. The system can be considered as a special variable-rate elastic system. This paper will study it from theory and simulation experiments. Based on the dynamic analysis, a functional relationship between the output torque and the torsion spring stiffness and between the energy consumption and the torsion spring stiffness was established. By finding the extremum, the two optimum torsional spring stiffness that can minimize the required output average torque and the energy consumed during one cycle of motion were deduced. The results show that using this design in a reasonable position can effectively reduce the energy consumption of the system and can achieve up to a 50% reduction in energy consumption.
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spelling doaj-art-7cc6dab69c814e1eae263c5eba9c07d72025-08-20T03:35:29ZengWileyApplied Bionics and Biomechanics1176-23221754-21032020-01-01202010.1155/2020/88943998894399Analysis of Stiffness and Energy Consumption of Nonlinear Elastic Joint Legged RobotDongliang Chen0Jindong Zhang1Xutao Weng2Yunjian Zhang3Zhonghui Shi4College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, ChinaCollege of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, ChinaCollege of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, ChinaCollege of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, ChinaCollege of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, ChinaIn order to reduce the energy consumption of the legged robot in walking, this paper designs a kind of nonlinear elastic joint from the flexible variable-stiffness joint based on the mammal walking on the limb and optimizes the leg structure of the legged robot. The motor is rigidly connected to the articulated lever. When the lever is accelerated or decelerated, the elastic unit is introduced. The system can be considered as a special variable-rate elastic system. This paper will study it from theory and simulation experiments. Based on the dynamic analysis, a functional relationship between the output torque and the torsion spring stiffness and between the energy consumption and the torsion spring stiffness was established. By finding the extremum, the two optimum torsional spring stiffness that can minimize the required output average torque and the energy consumed during one cycle of motion were deduced. The results show that using this design in a reasonable position can effectively reduce the energy consumption of the system and can achieve up to a 50% reduction in energy consumption.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8894399
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Analysis of Stiffness and Energy Consumption of Nonlinear Elastic Joint Legged Robot
Applied Bionics and Biomechanics
title Analysis of Stiffness and Energy Consumption of Nonlinear Elastic Joint Legged Robot
title_full Analysis of Stiffness and Energy Consumption of Nonlinear Elastic Joint Legged Robot
title_fullStr Analysis of Stiffness and Energy Consumption of Nonlinear Elastic Joint Legged Robot
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of Stiffness and Energy Consumption of Nonlinear Elastic Joint Legged Robot
title_short Analysis of Stiffness and Energy Consumption of Nonlinear Elastic Joint Legged Robot
title_sort analysis of stiffness and energy consumption of nonlinear elastic joint legged robot
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8894399
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