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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2011
David Gouaillier, Montrouge, FR;
David Gouaillier, Montrouge, FR;
ALDEBARAN ROBOTICS, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a humanoid robot endowed with particular capabilities for managing falls. The risks of falling limit the development of the mass-market use of humanoid robots. In the prior art, the modalities for detecting falls are not well suited to the case of very dynamic robots since the center of mass is very often outside their support polygons. The modalities for managing falls are also poorly suited to robots which must be economical in their computation resources. According to the invention, the conventional support polygon is supplemented with effectors for which it is determined that they are sufficiently close to the ground. Protection strategies are implemented, chosen from a set of strategies defined by a classification of the angles of fall.