The invention belongs to the technical field of foot action
mechanics. The invention discloses a method for constructing a foot-
ground contact model of a foot-type
robot applied to muddy terrains, which can improve the movement stability of the foot-type
robot under the muddy terrains, and specifically comprises the following steps of: firstly, connecting a Burgers model, a nonlinear
viscoplasticity model and a nonlinear spring model in series according to the
viscoplasticity,
viscoelasticity, elasticity and plastic deformation characteristics of the muddy terrains; a
discrete element model describing the deformation characteristics is obtained. Then, based on the Mohr-
Coulomb theory in
soil mechanics, considering the influence of the soil
bulk density, the
water content and the clay content change of the mud land on the soil cohesion from the perspective of
soil mechanics, and proposing and establishing a relational expression between the soil
bulk density, the
water content and the clay content change and the
viscosity coefficient in the mud land
discrete element model; and finally, according to the magnitude and the change trend of the
normal force and the
tangential force of the foot end, the foot-
ground contact process is divided into three stages of foot falling, foot lifting and separation, and the transition process from foot falling to foot lifting is set as an independent stage. Wherein the foot falling stage and the foot lifting stage are further subdivided into an elastic deformation stage and a plastic deformation stage according to the deformation form of the mud land. In different stages, models describing corresponding characteristics in the muddy ground
discrete element model are applied to construct a foot
ground contact model. According to the method, the modeling precision of the foot-ground
contact model of the muddy
terrain can be improved, so that the
foot type robot has higher adaptability under the muddy
terrain.