In this research,a riding robot system named as "RideBot" is developed for health-care and entertainments. The developed riding robot can follow the intention of horseman and can simulate the motion of horse. The riding robot mechanisms are used for m...
In this research,a riding robot system named as "RideBot" is developed for health-care and entertainments. The developed riding robot can follow the intention of horseman and can simulate the motion of horse. The riding robot mechanisms are used for many functions such as attitude detection, motion sensing, recognition, common interface and motion-generations. This riding robot can react on health conditions, bio-signals and intention information of user. One of the objectives of this research i sthat the riding robot could catch user motion and operate spontaneous movements.
In this thesis, the saddle mechanism is developed which can generate 3 degrees-of-freedom riding motion based on the intention of horseman. Also, reins and spur mechanisms are developed for the recognition of the horseman's intention estimation and the bio-signal monitoring system for the health care function of a horseman.In order to evaluate the performance of the riding robot system, several riding motions including slow and normal step motion,left and right turn motionsaretested.
An algorithm for estimating riding position and volition is proposed by using bio-signals and is analyzed in real-horse riding environments. With the database and sensor informations, standard positions are made. For the volition estimation, the acceleration and deceleration sensor information and bridle information are used for direction change. A hybrid controlalgorithm is proposed in which discrete-state and continuous-state controls are combined. The efficiency of the proposed algorithm is evaluated thru various experiments.