3D Balance using both ZMP and COM height variations

Source code for https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01590509/document

Installation

The following instructions were verified on various machines running Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04.

• Install OpenRAVE: here are instructions for Ubuntu 14.04 as well as for Ubuntu 16.04
• Install Python and related dependencies: sudo apt-get install cython python python-dev python-pip python-scipy
• Install Python packages: sudo pip install pycddlib quadprog
• Install CasADi. Pre-compiled binaries are available, but I recommend you build it from source. When installing IPOPT, make sure to install the MA27 linear solver (ThirdParty/HSL folder).

You can then clone the repository and its submodule via:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/stephane-caron/3d-balance.git

Usage

Run the main script stepping.py, then call one of the two main functions:

• edit() to switch to editor mode (moving the contact around, changing initial velocity, etc.)
• go() to execute the motion from the current state.

You can also checkout the benchmarking script in the benchmark/ sub-folder. It was used to measure computation times reported in Section V of the paper.

Due to copyright, we cannot release the COLLADA model HRP4R.dae used to produce the accompanying video and paper illustrations. It is replaced by JVRC-1, which has the same kinematic chain.