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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2012
Applicants:
Sung-hee Lee, Gwangju, KR;
Ambarish Goswami, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sung-Hee Lee, Gwangju, KR;
Ambarish Goswami, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/04 (2006.01); G05B 19/18 (2006.01); B62D 57/032 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 57/032 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40427 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40512 (2013.01);
Abstract
A humanoid robot fall controller controls motion of a robot to minimize damage when it determines that a fall is unavoidable. The robot controller detects a state of the robot during the fall and determines a desired rotational velocity that will allow the robot to re-orient itself during the fall to land on a predetermined target body segment (e.g., a backpack). The predetermined target body segment can be specially designed to absorb the impact of the fall and protect important components of the robot.