Title :
Development of four-wheel-type mobile robot for rough terrain and verification of its fundamental capability of moving on rough terrain
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Adv. Robot., Chiba Inst. of Technol., Narashino
Abstract :
In many fields employing robots, e.g., wheelchair robots, rescue robots, and construction robots, robots that can move on rough terrains are desired. A robot with a simple mechanism and high mobility for all terrains is discussed in this paper. A four-wheel-type mobile robot is developed, and its design is discussed from a functional viewpoint. Its fundamental capability of moving on rough terrains is verified through simulations and experiments.
Keywords :
mobile robots; path planning; four-wheel-type mobile robot; rough terrain; Axles; Biomimetics; Leg; Legged locomotion; Mobile robots; Path planning; Rough surfaces; Surface roughness; Wheelchairs; Wheels; Leg-like Axle; Mechanism; Mobile Robot; Rough Terrain; Wheel-type Robot;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Biomimetics, 2008. ROBIO 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bangkok
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2678-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2679-9
DOI :
10.1109/ROBIO.2009.4913302
