Title :
Holonomic omnidirectional vehicle with new omni-wheel mechanism
Author :
Damoto, Riichiro ; Cheng, Wendy ; Hirose, Shigeo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mechano-Aerosp. Eng., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
We focus on the "Vuton-II", a new omnidirectional vehicle developed as a transport vehicle to operate within factories, hospitals, and warehouses. This vehicle is composed of three or more "Omni-Discs". The Omni-Disc mechanism ensures that individual wheels of the Omni-Disc assembly are always aligned in the same direction, and can always roll freely. The Vuton-II was based on the Vuton-I, an earlier omnidirectional vehicle with similar targeted use and controls characteristics. The Vuton-II is designed to be low in cost, short in stature, and reasonably high in payload.
Keywords :
mobile robots; position control; Omni-Disc; Vuton-II; holonomic omnidirectional vehicle; mobile robots; omnidirectional-wheels; Automobiles; Automotive engineering; Belts; Costs; Crawlers; Hospitals; Switches; Turning; Vehicle driving; Wheels;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 2001. Proceedings 2001 ICRA. IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6576-3
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.2001.932644