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IJMO 2024 Vol.14(4): 149-155
doi: 10.7763/IJMO.2024.V14.864

Humanoid Ankle Mechanism: Real-Time Control Architecture

Maysoon Ghandour 1,* , Naima Ait Oufroukh 1 , Samer Alfayad 1 , Adrian Olaru 2

  • 1 1 IBISC Laboratory, University of Paris Saclay, Evry, France
  • 2 2 Department of Robotics and Production System, of Robotics and Production System, Bucharest, Romania

* Corresponding author

  • Manuscript received May 25, 2024
  • revised July 12, 2024
  • accepted September 1, 2024
  • published December 12, 2024

Abstract

The high demand for humanoid robots capable of operating effectively in various environments has promoted the development of software, hardware, and control architecture. Electro-hydraulic actuators have gained interest due to their power-to-weight and also their power-to-volume ratio, making them suitable for robotics applications. Nevertheless, this highlighted the importance of safety due to the high forces generated, which presents a critical challenge. A stable control system capable of operating in real-time is required for safe robot interaction without system failure. This paper aims to develop a real-time control architecture for an electro-hydraulic humanoid while presenting the hybrid mechanism of the ankle as a case study. The solution proposed is a distributed, open-source, real-time, and modular control architecture. The results demonstrated the potential for using EtherCAT and open-source software to develop a stable robot control architecture.

Keywords

  • humanoid
  • real-time
  • EtherCAT
  • electro-hydraulic actuator
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Maysoon Ghandour, Naima Ait Oufroukh, Samer Alfayad, and Adrian Olaru, "Humanoid Ankle Mechanism: Real-Time Control Architecture," International Journal of Modeling and Optimization, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 149-155, 2024. https://doi.org/ 10.7763/IJMO.2024.V14.864

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