To introduce the force control for an uneven terrain walking robot such that it effectively sets the suitable contact pressure of its supporting legs and is able to change from support to swing legs smoothly. In this paper; the force control for ParaWalker-11, a seriavparallel hybrid mechanism that is connected between two frames and contacts ground at three points, is proposed. With this method, the entire leg-drive mechanism acts as a 6-axis force sensor; and the force and moment can be calculated from the changes of each joint angle such that sensors at the ends of the leg are not necessary. Furthermore in this paper; force control and position control can be chosen for each direction in order to smoothly walk on uneven terrain. Smooth contact with the ground by the swing-leg and the changing from swing to support leg is verified through experiments using this force control and measurement method.
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