Bipedal Walking Robot

Hello experts,
Today, I had an issue that is a kind of complex to my shallow brain.

I constructed a bipedal walking robot which works excellent.
It has the ability of walking, and change direction when ever it meets an obstacle.
It can stand upright when ever it falls down due to external forces.
It has 3 degree of freedom (DOF) on each leg.

My issue is that...I'm a PhD student of electrical and computer dept. Specialises on control but has interest on robotics. I'm confuse on what I can specifically build my research on my bipedal robot and how.

I pls. Need a way forward from the robotics experts of this forum.

I remain loyal to all members of this forum....
My brain is saturated... I build the robot but I can't think of what to research on? Kindly assist with a PhD standard Topic base on the bipedal walking robot and a way out on how to carry on with the research.

I'm lost, and I will pls. Appreciate any important light to shine the way forward.

Engr. Muazu

Very interesting topic. Do you have any picture or papers documenting your current project?

Hi Muazu,

I can relate to this - when I did my PhD in CGI, I just wanted to build hardware and make some cool visual effects - and had a similar set off issues to you.

My suggestion is to first look at the way the robot works, it's key features and how design problems have been solved to make it work. Then try to see ways you think you could do things better, or identify parts which don't seem so elegant in their design.

Then drill into the theory, as Joe (previous reply) says, look at acedemic papers describing that feature, go into the maths, the core reasons why something is done a particular way; and you will see ways of doing it differently, and hopefully better in some way (cheaper, simpler, faster, smaller).

Don't pick something that needs a silicon foundry or supercomputer to solve, also don't pick an area too general, find a specialist part, which interests you most.

The key is to find an area or reserach and development and potential improvement which is not too general (or you wont be able or have time to solve it) or too specialised (you will slove it too quickly).

It is not easy, if you're part of a research group, then talk to others, if not, my advice is follow the parts which interest you most. Without a burning interest, you won't complete a PhD.

Best of luck,

Jeff

Thank you Jeff,

Wao!.... This is too motivated.
I will do just that.

May I pls. Have a glance at your PhD work?

Thank you Jeff, I will complete my PhD with just your few lines of advice. Thanks to EEWEB.
I achieve a lot from the experts.

I remain loyal to you all.
Muazu

No because I'm on the paper work