• DocumentCode
    2751924
  • Title

    Feasibility Study of the Form and Structure of a Ball-like Mobile Robot for Indoor Environments

  • Author

    Matusiak, Marek ; Appelqvist, Pekka ; Paanajärvi, Janne ; Ylikorpi, Tomi ; Halme, Aarne

  • Author_Institution
    Autom. Technol. Lab., Helsinki Univ. of Technol.
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    3-5 July 2006
  • Firstpage
    432
  • Lastpage
    437
  • Abstract
    In this paper the suitability of the form and structure of a new robot for indoor environments is presented and evaluated. The robot, Robolver, has a spherical outer casing which can be opened to have the halves of the casing function as wheels. The possible advantages and problem areas envisioned resulting from the robot´s design are identified and analyzed. Corresponding solutions for basic navigation of Robolver have been programmed and implemented, suggesting the feasibility of the design
  • Keywords
    mobile robots; Robolver; ball-like mobile robot; indoor environments; robot navigation; wheels; Chapters; Indoor environments; Mobile robots; Navigation; Orbital robotics; Robot sensing systems; Robotics and automation; Shape; Space technology; Wheels;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Mechatronics, 2006 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Budapest
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9712-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0-7803-9713-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICMECH.2006.252566
  • Filename
    4018401
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2751924