arXiv:2603.07417cs.RO2026-03

提出波浪式自正向机制,解决长身多足机器人翻倒后的自恢复难题。

Unifying Sidewinding and Rolling: A Wave-Based Framework for Self-Righting in Elongated Limbless and Multi-Legged Robots

  • 基于生物启发设计可调腿长的波浪式自正向策略
  • 发现腿长超过临界值后自正向难度显著上升
  • 为复杂地形中的仿蜈蚣机器人提供设计指导

蜈蚣状机器人因截面小,适合在狭小空间如搜救和管道检测中移动,冗余腿数也增强了在复杂环境中的鲁棒性。然而,长身机器人在攀爬大障碍时极易翻倒,可靠自正向能力对实际部署至关重要。本文通过比较两种生物原型——短腿的Scolopendra subspinipes与长腿的house centipedes Scutigera coleoptrata,研究了长身多足系统有效的自正向策略及其与腿部长度、数量等形态参数的关系。实验发现:短腿型可通过空中与地面辅助方式稳定自正向,而长腿型主要依赖空中旋转,地面接触时难以产生有效扭矩。基于此,构建了参数化自正向策略空间,并开发可调节腿长的长身机器人进行系统测试。结果表明,腿长增加需改变控制策略以避免中段执行器扭矩集中,且存在一个关键腿长阈值,超过该阈值后稳健自正向变得困难。研究揭示了形态与策略间的耦合规律,为不确定地形下的仿蜈蚣机器人设计提供了依据。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Centipede-like robots offer unique locomotion advantages due to their small cross-sectional area for accessing confined spaces, and their redundant legs enhance robustness in cluttered environments such as search-and-rescue and pipe inspection. However, elongated robots are particularly vulnerable to tipping over when climbing large obstacles, making reliable self-righting essential for field deployment. Self-righting strategies for elongate, multi-legged systems remain poorly understood. In this study, we conduct a comparative biomechanics and robophysical investigation to address three key questions: (1) What self-righting strategies are effective for elongate, many-legged systems? (2) How should these strategies depend on morphological parameters such as leg length and leg number? (3) Is there a morphological limit beyond which reliable self-righting becomes infeasible? We compare two biological exemplars: Scolopendra subspinipes (short legs) and Scutigera coleoptrata (house centipedes with long legs). Scolopendra subspinipes reliably self-rights both during aerial phases and through ground-assisted self-righting, whereas house centipedes rely predominantly on aerial reorientation and struggle to generate effective self-righting torques during ground contact. Motivated by these observations, we construct a parameterized space of bio-inspired self-righting strategies and develop an elongate robot with adjustable leg lengths. Systematic experiments reveal that increasing leg length necessitates a shift in control strategy to prevent torque over-concentration in mid-body actuators, and we identify a critical limb-length threshold above which robust self-righting becomes challenging. These results establish morphology-strategy coupling principles for self-righting in elongate robots and provide design guidelines for centipede-like systems operating in uncertain terrain.

自正向多足机器人仿生设计形态学

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