Abstract
In this research, we develop a Passive Dance partner Robot (PDR) for realizing the effective human-robot cooperation. Different from the active-type robot with servo motors, passive robot is controlled by the servo brakes attached to the wheels of the robot and its driving force is the actual force/moment applied by a human. In this paper, we propose a motion control algorithm of the PDR for realizing the ballroom dance with a male dancer based on the estimation of the next dance step intended by him.
