Patents by Inventor Jiangchen Zhou

Jiangchen Zhou has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12625503
    Abstract: A robot control method, and a computer-readable storage medium and a wheel-legged biped robot using the same are provided. The method includes: determining a kinetic model of the wheel-legged biped robot; determining, using the kinetic model, a sliding surface of the wheel-legged biped robot; determining, according to the sliding surface, a double power reaching law and a sliding mode control law of the wheel-legged biped robot; and controlling, according to the sliding surface, the double power reaching law and the sliding mode control law, the wheel-legged biped robot. Through the above-mentioned method, the adaptability of the wheel-legged biped robot to uncertain external disturbances can be enhanced, thereby improving its robustness to effectively maintain its balance even in the environment with complex terrain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Meng Yan, Jiangchen Zhou, Chunyu Chen, Huan Tan
  • Patent number: 12397866
    Abstract: A robot step control method, a robot control apparatus, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: determining an expected support force of two legs of a biped robot according to zero-moment point planning data and actual position data of the two legs at a current moment, and determining a current desired joint posture angle of ankle joints of the two legs and a desired joint position matching an actual leg support state using a compliance control algorithm based on an expected support force of the two legs, and centroid movement planning data, centroid actual movement data, step planning data and actual force data of the two legs at the current moment. In such manner, all-direction compliant controls can be performed on a desired leg pose condition according to the actual motion status of the biped robot, thereby improving the walking stability and terrain adaptability of the biped robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Ligang Ge, Yizhang Liu, Qiuyue Luo, Chunyu Chen, Xuan Luo, Jiangchen Zhou
  • Publication number: 20250244769
    Abstract: A robot control method, and a computer-readable storage medium and a wheel-legged biped robot using the same are provided. The method includes: determining a kinetic model of the wheel-legged biped robot; determining, using the kinetic model, a sliding surface of the wheel-legged biped robot; determining, according to the sliding surface, a double power reaching law and a sliding mode control law of the wheel-legged biped robot; and controlling, according to the sliding surface, the double power reaching law and the sliding mode control law, the wheel-legged biped robot. Through the above-mentioned method, the adaptability of the wheel-legged biped robot to uncertain external disturbances can be enhanced, thereby improving its robustness to effectively maintain its balance even in the environment with complex terrain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2024
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Meng Yan, Jiangchen Zhou, Chunyu Chen, Huan Tan
  • Patent number: 12285870
    Abstract: A method of controlling a robot includes: obtaining an inertia matrix and a slack variable of the robot, and determining a momentum equation of the robot according to the inertia matrix and the slack variable; obtaining reference joint angles corresponding to a reference action of the robot; determining an optimization objective function of the momentum equation according to a first preset weight coefficient of the slack variable and a second preset weight coefficient of the reference joint angles; and determining joint angles of the robot according to the optimization objective function, and driving the robot to move according to the joint angles of the robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Chunyu Chen, Ligang Ge, Yizhang Liu, Jiangchen Zhou, Qiuyue Luo, Youjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 12280510
    Abstract: A biped robot control methods and a biped robot using the same as well as a computer readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining an initial distance between a centroid of a double inverted pendulum model of the biped robot and a support point of the biped robot, an initial moving speed of the centroid and an initial displacement of the centroid; calculating a measured value of a stable point of the doable inverted pendulum model based on the initial distance and the initial moving speed; calculating a control output quantity based on the initial moving speed and the measured value of the stable point; calculating a desired displacement of the centroid of the double-inverted pendulum model based on the initial moving speed, the initial displacement, and the control output quantity; and controlling the biped robot to move laterally according to the desired displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Chunyu Chen, Youjun Xiong, Yizhang Liu, Qiuyue Luo, Ligang Ge, Jie Bai, Jiangchen Zhou
  • Patent number: 12275152
    Abstract: A robot stability control method includes: obtaining a desired zero moment point (ZMP) and a fed-back actual ZMP of a robot at a current moment; based on a ZMP tracking control model, the desired ZMP and the actual ZMP, calculating a desired value of a motion state of a center of mass of the robot at the current moment, wherein the desired value of the motion state of the center of mass comprises a correction amount of the position of the center of mass; based on a spring-mass-damping-acceleration model and the desired value of the motion state of the center of mass, calculating a lead control input amount for the correction amount of the position of the center of mass; and controlling motion of the robot according to the lead control input amount and a planned value of the position of the center of mass at the current moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Ligang Ge, Yizhang Lìu, Chunyu Chen, Qiuyue Luo, Jiangchen Zhou, Meng Yan, Youjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 12257725
    Abstract: A jumping motion control method for a biped robot includes: before feet of the biped robot leaves a support surface, estimating a motion trajectory of the biped robot that leaves the support surface according to a period of time when the biped robot stays or flips in the air; calculating a first motion angle of each joint of legs of the biped robot according to the motion trajectory and inverse kinematics; determining a constraint condition according to a motion type to which an action to be performed by the biped robot corresponds; optimizing the first motion angles according to the constraint condition to obtain a second motion angle of each joint of legs of the biped robot; and controlling a jumping motion of the biped robot according to the second motion angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Chunyu Chen, Ligang Ge, Yizhang Liu, Jiangchen Zhou, Qiuyue Luo, Youjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 12138803
    Abstract: A method for controlling a legged robot includes: in response to detection of a collision event associated with a foot of a swing leg of the biped robot, terminating a trajectory component planning of the swing leg in a collision direction; calculating a position offset in the collision direction according to an external force that is received by the foot of the swing leg in the collision direction and obtained in real time, based on a foot dragging control mode, and determining a replanned trajectory component in the collision direction based on the position offset; and controlling the swing leg to move based on the replanned trajectory component in the collision direction and a desired trajectory component of the swing leg in a non-collision direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Chunyu Chen, Yizhang Liu, Ligang Ge, Jie Bai, Jiangchen Zhou, Qiuyue Luo, Youjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 12122468
    Abstract: A stepping down trajectory planning method as well as a robot using the same and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: dividing a stepping down process of the robot into a plurality of planned stages; adjusting a start position of a swing leg of the robot according to an ankle-to-heel distance, where the ankle-to-heel distance is a horizontal distance between an ankle joint of the swing leg of the robot and a heel of the swing leg of the robot; determining an initial state and an end state of the swing leg in each of the planned stages according to the start position; and obtaining a planned trajectory of the swing leg by performing a curve fitting on the swing leg in each of the planned stages the initial state and the end state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Hongge Wang, Ligang Ge, Yizhang Liu, Jie Bai, Chunyu Chen, Xingxing Ma, Jiangchen Zhou, Youjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 12103187
    Abstract: A path planning method and a biped robot using the same are provided. The method includes: generating a candidate node set for a next foot placement based on a biped robot's own parameters and joint information of a current node, adding valid candidate nodes in the candidate node set to a priority queue so as to select optimal nodes for realizing next node expansion. These optimal nodes are output to generate a foot placement sequence from an initial node to a target node, which can greatly reduce the search amount for path nodes when the robot's legs intersect and touch the ground, thereby improving the efficiency of path planning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Xingxing Ma, Chunyu Chen, Ligang Ge, Yizhang Liu, Hongge Wang, Jie Bai, Zheng Xie, Jiangchen Zhou, Meihui Zhang, Shuo Zhang, Youjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 12070856
    Abstract: A robot balance control method as well as a robot using the same and a computer readable storage medium are provided. In the method, a brand new flywheel model different from the existing flywheel model is created. In this flywheel model, the foot of the support leg of the robot is equivalent to the massless link of the flywheel model, while rest parts of the robot are equivalent to the flywheel of the flywheel model. Compared with the various models in the prior art, this flywheel model is more in line with the actual situation of the robot during the monoped supporting period. By controlling the posture of the foot of the support leg based on this flywheel model, a better balance effect can be achieved, which avoids the overturning of the robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Hongge Wang, Chunyu Chen, Yizhang Liu, Ligang Ge, Jie Bai, Xingxing Ma, Jiangchen Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240198532
    Abstract: A method for robot telcoperation control is provided. The method includes acquiring target action data and displacement data of a target object, wherein the target action data includes head action data and arm action data; controlling a target robot to act according to the target action data to enable the target robot to complete an action corresponding to the target action data; and performing centroid trajectory planning on the target robot based on a model predictive control (MPC) algorithm according to the displacement data to obtain a target centroid trajectory, and establishing a spring-damping system to track the target centroid trajectory so as to enable the target robot to move to a position corresponding to the displacement data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: MENG YAN, Chunyu Chen, Jiangchen Zhou, Lihua Lu
  • Patent number: 12005584
    Abstract: A pose control method for a robot includes: estimating a first set of joint angular velocities of all joints of the robot according to a balance control algorithm; estimating a second set of joint angular velocities of all joints of the robot according to a momentum planning algorithm; estimating a third set of joint angular velocities of all joints of the robot according to a pose return-to-zero algorithm; and performing pose control on the robot according to the first set of joint angular velocities, the second set of joint angular velocities, and the third set of joint angular velocities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Hongge Wang, Chunyu Chen, Yizhang Liu, Ligang Ge, Jie Bai, Xingxing Ma, Jiangchen Zhou, Youjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 11983012
    Abstract: A dynamic footprint set generation method, a biped robot using die same, and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining preset footprint calculation parameters; calculating a landing point position based on the preset footprint calculation parameters; determining a landing point range based on a landing point position, and performing a collision detection on the landing point range; recording the corresponding landing point position in a footprint set in response to the detection result representing there being no collision; obtaining a preset adjustment amplitude to update a preset displacement angle after the recording is completed; and returning to the calculating the landing point position until the footprint set is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Xingxing Ma, Chunyu Chen, Yizhang Liu, Ligang Ge, Hongge Wang, Jie Bai, Jiangchen Zhou, Zheng Xie
  • Patent number: 11878426
    Abstract: A biped robot gait control method as well as a robot and a computer readable storage medium are provided. During the movement, the system obtains a current supporting pose of a current supporting leg of the biped robot, and calculates a relative pose between the supporting legs based on the current supporting pose and a preset ideal supporting pose of a next step. The system further calculates modified gait parameters of the next step based on the relative pose between the two supporting legs and a joint distance between left and right ankle joints in an initial state of the biped robot when standing. Finally, the system controls the next supporting leg to move according to the modified gait parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Xingxing Ma, Chunyu Chen, Ligang Ge, Hongge Wang, Mingqiang Huang, Jiangchen Zhou, Yizhang Liu, Zheng Xie, Youjun Xiong
  • Publication number: 20230278212
    Abstract: A gait planning method for a robot includes: constructing a first phase variable of a gait planning of the robot, wherein the first phase variable is a function of two position components of a torso of the robot on a horizontal plane; constructing a second phase variable based on the first phase variable, wherein the second phase variable is a function of the first phase variable, and a slope of the second phase variable is smaller than a slope of the first phase variable when a foot of a swing leg of the robot starts to touch a support surface; and performing the gait planning on the foot of the swing leg using the second phase variable to obtain a planned trajectory of the foot of the swing leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: QIUYUE LUO, Yizhang Liu, Ligang Ge, Chunyu Chen, Jiangchen Zhou, Meng Yen
  • Publication number: 20230234655
    Abstract: A robot step control method, a robot control apparatus, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: determining an expected support force of two legs of a biped robot according to zero-moment point planning data and actual position data of the two legs at a current moment, and determining a current desired joint posture angle of ankle joints of the two legs and a desired joint position matching an actual leg support state using a compliance control algorithm based on an expected support force of the two legs, and centroid movement planning data, centroid actual movement data, step planning data and actual force data of the two legs at the current moment. In such manner, all-direction compliant controls can be performed on a desired leg pose condition according to the actual motion status of the biped robot, thereby improving the walking stability and terrain adaptability of the biped robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Ligang Ge, Yizhang Liu, Qiuyue Luo, Chunyu Chen, Xuan Luo, Jiangchen Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230191604
    Abstract: A robot stability control method includes: obtaining a desired zero moment point (ZMP) and a fed-back actual ZMP of a robot at a current moment; based on a ZMP tracking control model, the desired ZMP and the actual ZMP, calculating a desired value of a motion state of a center of mass of the robot at the current moment, wherein the desired value of the motion state of the center of mass comprises a correction amount of the position of the center of mass; based on a spring-mass-damping-acceleration model and the desired value of the motion state of the center of mass, calculating a lead control input amount for the correction amount of the position of the center of mass; and controlling motion of the robot according to the lead control input amount and a planned value of the position of the center of mass at the current moment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Ligang Ge, Yizhang Liu, Chunyu Chen, Qiuyue Luo, Jiangchen Zhou, Meng Yan, Youjun Xiong
  • Publication number: 20230182297
    Abstract: A method of controlling a robot includes: obtaining an inertia matrix and a slack variable of the robot, and determining a momentum equation of the robot according to the inertia matrix and the slack variable; obtaining reference joint angles corresponding to a reference action of the robot; determining an optimization objective function of the momentum equation according to a first preset weight coefficient of the slack variable and a second preset weight coefficient of the reference joint angles; and determining joint angles of the robot according to the optimization objective function, and driving the robot to move according to the joint angles of the robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: CHUNYU CHEN, Ligang Ge, Yizhang Liu, Jiangchen Zhou, Qiuyue Luo, Youjun Xiong
  • Publication number: 20230182307
    Abstract: A jumping motion control method for a biped robot includes: before feet of the biped robot leaves a support surface, estimating a motion trajectory of the biped robot that leaves the support surface according to a period of time when the biped robot stays or flips in the air; calculating a first motion angle of each joint of legs of the biped robot according to the motion trajectory and inverse kinematics; determining a constraint condition according to a motion type to which an action to be performed by the biped robot corresponds; optimizing the first motion angles according to the constraint condition to obtain a second motion angle of each joint of legs of the biped robot; and controlling a jumping motion of the biped robot according to the second motion angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: CHUNYU CHEN, Ligang Ge, Yizhang Liu, Jiangchen Zhou, Qiuhue Luo, Youjun Xiong