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Running Robot Model in Simscape

version 1.5.0.0 (18.3 MB) by Steve Miller

Steve Miller (view profile)
Quadruped robot model with electrical actuation, including gait analysis and design workflow.
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Updated 18 Apr 2019

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Models a quadruped robot with electrical actuation. The robot runs with trotting gait on four legs. Supporting models explain and automate the design process for the limbs, joint angle trajectories, and electrical system. This model is similar to quadruped robots such as those seen in the video, “Introducing Spot“ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8YjvHYbZ9w



Please read the README.txt file to get started.

This model is based on the example covered in the paper "Tool-Supported Mechatronic System Design"
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4758205/?reload=true

Find other Simscape examples by searching posts for the keyword "physical modeling"
https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/?term=%22physical+modeling%22

Learn more about MathWorks Simscape Products:
https://www.mathworks.com/physical-modeling/

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Steve Miller (2019). Running Robot Model in Simscape (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/64237-running-robot-model-in-simscape), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

Comments and Ratings (15)

zp qiu

zp qiu (view profile)

Chaitanya Nawale

Chaitanya Nawale (view profile)

Hey,
could you please send the file version which is compatible with matlab 2016a?
Thank you.

Pavel Osipov

Pavel Osipov (view profile)

HAO YAN

HAO YAN (view profile)

xiang WANG

xiang WANG (view profile)

Can we have a discussion about that? I have recently implemented this control strategy in 2D environment but failed in 3D environment. @Shuo Yang

Shuo Yang

Shuo Yang (view profile)

I also used your contact model. And I implemented Marc Raibert's "Legged Robots that Balance" virtual leg placement strategy in two directions, so my robot can stably run in 3D environment. Thanks to your contact model!

Shuo Yang

Shuo Yang (view profile)

Hi Steve, nice work! I just found your work this morning and I learned a lot.

I made a quadruped simulation as well. In some aspect better than yours, but some are not. If you are interested, check it out: https://github.com/paulyang1990/QuadrupedSim

xiang WANG

xiang WANG (view profile)

Hello, Miller. I do not understand how to implement single-plane motion. Could you please give me some details about the "Body Constraints" module？Thank you!

Kalana Vidurath

Kalana Vidurath (view profile)

sorry about that just now checked

Steve Miller

Steve Miller (view profile)

@Rasmus Koefoed: That diagnostic indicates you do not have a required product. Which release are you using? elec_lib in R2018a opens Simscape Electronics. In R2018b it opens Simscape Electrical, which is the merge of Simscape Electrical and Simscape Power Systems.

Rasmus Koefoed

Rasmus Koefoed (view profile)

I get the error: "Failed to load library 'elec_lib'" for multiple blocks. Seems Simscape Electrical has been changed, because i haven't been able to find a download that includes the "elec_lib" library

Prajwal Thakare

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Yang Meng

Yang Meng (view profile)

Guillermo Castillo Martinez

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Updates

1.5.0.0

Added R19a version.
1.4.0.1

Added R18b version.
1.4.0.0

Updated Contact Force Library in all versions to use v4.1.
1.3.0.0

Added R2018a version, which uses Simscape Multibody Contact Force Library v4.0.
1.2.0.0

Updating contact force library only, no changes to running robot example.
1.1.0.0

Added R2016b and R2017b versions.
MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2019a
Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
Windows macOS Linux
Acknowledgements

Inspired by: Simscape Multibody Contact Forces Library

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