• DocumentCode
    3364402
  • Title

    Cart propulsion using a revolving pendulum

  • Author

    Wane, Sam ; Yu, Hongnian

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Comput., Eng. & Technol., Staffordshire Univ., Stafford
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    26-29 March 2009
  • Firstpage
    233
  • Lastpage
    237
  • Abstract
    A propulsion system that does not require any interaction with the external environment in the form of grasping or sticking is proposed. This internal propulsion system for a robot body operates by the use of the frictional force between the body and the environment, and the reaction force from the controlled acceleration of a mass. The dynamics and control issues of a rotating lever attached to a mass are quantified and the results from a prototype are compared. The lateral progress of a system using this as a drive method are analyzed.
  • Keywords
    acceleration control; mobile robots; nonlinear control systems; propulsion; robot dynamics; cart propulsion; drive method; frictional force; internal propulsion system; inverted pendulum; mass acceleration control; reaction force; revolving pendulum; robot body dynamics; rotating lever control; Acceleration; Control systems; DC motors; Force control; Mathematical model; Microcontrollers; Propulsion; Prototypes; Weight control; Wheels;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Networking, Sensing and Control, 2009. ICNSC '09. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Okayama
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3491-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3492-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICNSC.2009.4919278
  • Filename
    4919278