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Bipedal CBF control · Combining joint limits and walking objectives

A backstepping-inspired construction builds barrier functions for higher-relative-degree constraints. A QP combines joint limits with CLF walking objectives for an AMBER2 biped model.

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Original title
Control barrier function based quadratic programs with application to bipedal robotic walking
Publisher
IEEE
Authors
Shao-Chen Hsu, Xiangru Xu, Aaron D. Ames
DOI
10.1109/acc.2015.7172044
Publication date
2015-07
Source language
en
Edition
2015 American Control Conference (ACC); 2015-07; DOI 10.1109/acc.2015.7172044
Access
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Publication status
Published

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Source overview

A backstepping-inspired construction builds barrier functions for higher-relative-degree constraints. A QP combines joint limits with CLF walking objectives for an AMBER2 biped model.

Use and review

Conference abstract and bibliography checked. Model constraint satisfaction does not establish physical-robot fall prevention or hardware safety.

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Control barrier function based quadratic programs with application to bipedal robotic walking ↗

IEEE · 2015 American Control Conference (ACC); 2015-07; DOI 10.1109/acc.2015.7172044

ACC2015 original abstract https://authors.library.caltech.edu/records/36wfk-mhe75; DOI10.1109/ACC.2015.7172044.