• DocumentCode
    2806275
  • Title

    Traction force improvement of a two wheel mobile manipulator by changing the centre of gravity

  • Author

    Abeykoon, A.M.H.S. ; Ohnishi, Kouhei

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Syst. Design Eng., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    10-12 Aug. 2005
  • Firstpage
    756
  • Lastpage
    760
  • Abstract
    In this paper, a traction control method for a two wheel mobile robot is presented. Traction force acting on a wheel is dependent upon the dynamic frictional coefficient and the reaction force acting on each wheel, it is proposed to obtain the maximum traction force by selecting the best value for slip percentage as well as selecting a suitable value for the reaction force. Reaction force variation is achieved by changing the centre of gravity (COG) of the mobile robot. Two electric motors are used to drive the two wheel manipulator.
  • Keywords
    force control; manipulators; mobile robots; traction; centre of gravity; electric motors; mobile robot; traction control method; traction force improvement; two wheel mobile manipulator; Control systems; Design engineering; Electric motors; Force control; Friction; Gravity; Manipulators; Mobile robots; Vehicle dynamics; Wheels;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Industrial Informatics, 2005. INDIN '05. 2005 3rd IEEE International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9094-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/INDIN.2005.1560468
  • Filename
    1560468