TECHNIQUE FOR REDUCING DAMAGE IN FALLING OF HUMANOID

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for reducing damage in falling of a humanoid robot.SOLUTION: A robot control device controls a robot having fallen in order to reduce damage on the robot on collision. Controlled by the robot control device, the robot takes a tripodal posture having three contact points (for example both hands and one foot) so that the motion of the robot can be inhibited at a position whose mass center is higher than the ground. This can prevent a large collision due to conversion of potential energy into kinetic energy during falling of the robot. Optimum positions for the three contact points are learned through machine learning algorithm.