Mobility and Operability of Flexible Mono-Tread Mobile Track (FMT)

In the paper, we show mobility and operability of flexible mono-tread mobile track (FMT) through experiments. For mobility, FMT can climb over a thin plate, recover from lying position on its side, and side wind. As a result, it is partly proven that FMT has enough ability for the complex environment. For operability, FMT is better than a differential type track vehicle in the case that vehicle traces to gentle curves. Since the both mechanism have advantages and disadvantages such that the differential type track can turn in smaller radius, it is useful that we choose better one to adapt various situations.