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Title: Handling gait disturbances with asynchronous timing

Abstract

An example method may include i) detecting a disturbance to a gait of a robot, where the gait includes a swing state and a step down state, the swing state including a target swing trajectory for a foot of the robot, and where the target swing trajectory includes a beginning and an end; and ii) based on the detected disturbance, causing the foot of the robot to enter the step down state before the foot reaches the end of the target swing trajectory.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Boston Dynamics, Inc., Waltham, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
OSTI Identifier:
1998397
Patent Number(s):
11654569
Application Number:
17/129,996
Assignee:
Boston Dynamics, Inc. (Waltham, MA)
DOE Contract Number:  
HR00011-10-C-0025; W91CRB-11-C-0047
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 12/22/2020
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Blankespoor, Kevin, Stephens, Benjamin, and da Silva, Marco. Handling gait disturbances with asynchronous timing. United States: N. p., 2023. Web.
Blankespoor, Kevin, Stephens, Benjamin, & da Silva, Marco. Handling gait disturbances with asynchronous timing. United States.
Blankespoor, Kevin, Stephens, Benjamin, and da Silva, Marco. Tue . "Handling gait disturbances with asynchronous timing". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1998397.
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