Gait generation plays a significant role in the quality of locomotion of legged robots. This paper presents the development of multi-phase dynamic equations and optimal trajectory generation for a seven-link planar-biped robot walking on the ground level with consideration of feet rotation in the double support phase. The main contribution of this paper is to increase the stability margin at the phase transition time for simultaneous feet rotation in double support phase by introducing a new style of feet rotation. First, the derivation of the dynamics equations, which is a challenging problem due to the existence of the holonomic constraints, is performed using the Lagrangian formulation. Then, an analytical solution to inverse kinematics is proposed to determine the angles of each joint. A multi-objective genetic algorithm-based optimization technique is proposed to obtain the key parameters in trajectory generation so that the zero moment point tracks a predefined stable trajectory and additionally minimizes the power consumption, which is subjected to actuators’ powers limitations. The effect of the hip height on the total power consumption is also investigated. The numerical simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
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