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Table 4 End-effector trajectories

From: Type Design and Behavior Control for Six Legged Robots

Trajectory type

Expression

Terrain/speed/parameters

Triangle

\(Tr{j_{{\text{F\_Tri}}}}{ = }Trj(L,H)\)

Flat terrain, low speed

Rectangle

\(Tr{j_{{\text{F\_Rec}}}} = Trj(L,H)\)

Difficult terrain, low speed

Trapezoid

\(Tr{j_{{\text{F\_Tra}}}} = Trj(L,W,H)\)

Flat terrain, middle speed

Oval

\(Tr{j_{{\text{F\_Ellipse}}}} = Trj(a,b)\)

Flat terrain, high speed

5th order polynomial

\(Trj(t) = {c_0} + {c_1}t +\cdots + {c_5}{t^5}\)

2 points of position, velocity, acceleration

7th order polynomial

\(Trj(t) = {c_0} + {c_1}t +\cdots+ {c_7}{t^7}\)

2 points of position, velocity, acceleration, jerk