Control strategy of stable walking for a hexapod wheel-legged robot

Z Chen, S Wang, J Wang, K Xu, T Lei, H Zhang… - ISA transactions, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper provides a legged stable walking control strategy based on multi-sensor
information feedback about BIT-NAZA-II, a large load parallel hexapod wheel-legged robot …

Offline motion libraries and online MPC for advanced mobility skills

M Bjelonic, R Grandia, M Geilinger… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
We describe an optimization-based framework to perform complex locomotion skills for
robots with legs and wheels. The generation of complex motions over a long-time horizon …

Keep rollin'—whole-body motion control and planning for wheeled quadrupedal robots

M Bjelonic, CD Bellicoso, Y de Viragh… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We show dynamic locomotion strategies for wheeled quadrupedal robots that combine the
advantages of both walking and driving. The developed optimization framework tightly …

Towards hybrid gait obstacle avoidance for a six wheel-legged robot with payload transportation

Z Chen, J Li, J Wang, S Wang, J Zhao, J Li - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2021 - Springer
This paper investigates a novel hybrid gait obstacle-avoidance control strategy based on a
perception system for the six wheel-legged robot (BIT-6NAZA) in uneven terrain. This robot …

Rolling in the deep–hybrid locomotion for wheeled-legged robots using online trajectory optimization

M Bjelonic, PK Sankar, CD Bellicoso… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wheeled-legged robots have the potential for highly agile and versatile locomotion. The
combination of legs and wheels might be a solution for any real-world application requiring …

Whole-body mpc and online gait sequence generation for wheeled-legged robots

M Bjelonic, R Grandia, O Harley… - 2021 IEEE/RSJ …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Our paper proposes a model predictive controller as a single-task formulation that
simultaneously optimizes wheel and torso motions. This online joint velocity and ground …

LQR-assisted whole-body control of a wheeled bipedal robot with kinematic loops

V Klemm, A Morra, L Gulich, D Mannhart… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a hierarchical whole-body controller leveraging the full rigid body dynamics of
the wheeled bipedal robot Ascento. We derive closed-form expressions for the dynamics of …

State of the art and future trends in obstacle-surmounting unmanned ground vehicle configuration and dynamics

M He, X Yue, Y Zheng, J Chen, S Wu, Z Heng, X Zhou… - Robotica, 2023 - cambridge.org
This article presents a review of the platform configuration and dynamic of obstacle-
surmounting unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). For now, unmanned systems have …

Trajectory optimization for wheeled-legged quadrupedal robots driving in challenging terrain

VS Medeiros, E Jelavic, M Bjelonic… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wheeled-legged robots are an attractive solution for versatile locomotion in challenging
terrain. They combine the speed and efficiency of wheels with the ability of legs to traverse …

Parameters uncertainty analysis of posture control of a four-wheel-legged robot with series slow active suspension system

L Ni, L Wu, H Zhang - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the posture control performance on uneven terrain for a wheel-legged
robot (WLR). Firstly, a novel four-wheel-legged robot (FWLR) with series slow active …