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The present paper describes the integration of laser-based perception, footstep planning, and walking control of a humanoid robot for navigation over previously unknown rough terrain. A perception system that obtains the shape of the surrounding environment to an accuracy of a few centimeters is realized based on input obtained using a scanning laser range sensor. A footstep planner decides the sequence of stepping positions using the obtained terrain shape. A walking controller that can cope with a few centimeters error in terrain shape measurement is achieved by combining 40 ms cycle online walking pattern generation and a sensor feedback ground reaction force controller. An operation interface that was developed to send commands to the robot is also presented. A mixed-reality display is adopted in order to realize intuitive interfaces. The navigation system is implemented on the HRP-2, a full-size humanoid robot. The performance of the proposed system for navigation over unknown rough terrain is investigated through several experiments.
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Nishiwaki, K., Chestnutt, J., Kagami, S. (2017). Autonomous Navigation of a Humanoid Robot Over Unknown Rough Terrain. In: Christensen, H., Khatib, O. (eds) Robotics Research . Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, vol 100. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29363-9_35
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