Development of a portable motor vehicle for personal transportation

Author

Lim, Hun-ok ; Yoshikawa, Masayuki ; Tamai, Hiroyuki

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Kanagawa Univ., Yokohama

fYear

2008

Firstpage

2742

Lastpage

2747

Abstract

This paper presents a personal motor vehicle (PMV). The PMV has been developed under three design concepts. (1) It must be able to be used as a baggage and passenger conveyance system. (2) It must be lightweight and portable. (3) It must be easily controllable by the rider. The PMV consists of two wheels, a differential gear and a base. The speed of the PMV is controlled according to the foot pressure that is measured by two force sensors. Using the PMV, passenger riding and luggage conveyance experiments are conducted on flat and rough terrain, and the effectiveness of its mechanism and control system is confirmed.

Keywords

design engineering; electric vehicles; force sensors; gears; road vehicles; transportation; velocity control; wheels; baggage conveyance system; differential gear; foot pressure; force sensor; passenger conveyance system; personal motor vehicle; personal transportation; portable motor vehicle development; Control systems; Foot; Force control; Force measurement; Gears; Lighting control; Pressure control; Transportation; Vehicles; Wheels; Motor vehicle; differential gear; luggage conveyance; personal transportation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control, Automation and Systems, 2008. ICCAS 2008. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul

Print_ISBN

978-89-950038-9-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-89-93215-01-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCAS.2008.4694224

Filename

4694224