HU Yiran, JIANG Gang, HU Chuanmei, HUANG Yinsen, CHEN Qingping, XU Wengang
Control Engineering of China.
2025, 32(7):
1225-1232.
To solve the problem that the conventional central pattern generator (CPG) introduce too many coupled dynamic parameters in their applications, which makes them difficult to adapt to the robots with insect-like leg structure, an improved CPG control method combined with inverse kinematics to realize foot-end control is proposed. Firstly, at the system level, a linear converter, a function generator and an inverse kinematics solution module are designed, and the conventional CPG application is parametrically improved in a foot-oriented control manner. Secondly, in terms of details, the limit cycle of CPG is improved to enhance its adaptability to terrain. Finally, functional gaits such as linear steering are planned based on the improved CPG model, and the closed-loop control for attitude stabilization based on foot end deviation compensation is achieved. The experimental results show that the proposed method simplifies the gait control, enabling the insect-like hexapod robot to achieve linear steering on undulating terrain and maintain stable attitude.