• DocumentCode
    2691557
  • Title

    Concept of a novel four-wheel-type mobile robot for rough terrain, RT-Mover

  • Author

    Nakajima, Shuro

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Adv. Robot., Chiba Inst. of Technol., Chiba, Japan
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    10-15 Oct. 2009
  • Firstpage
    3257
  • Lastpage
    3264
  • Abstract
    In many fields employing robots, e.g., wheelchair robots, rescue robots, and construction robots, those which can move on rough terrain are desired. A robot with a simple mechanism and high mobility for all-terrain is discussed in this paper. A novel type of four-wheel-type mobile robot is developed, and its design is discussed from a functional viewpoint. In addition, strategies for moving on rough terrain are introduced, and its fundamental capability of moving on rough terrain is verified through simulations and experiments.
  • Keywords
    collision avoidance; mobile robots; motion control; RT-Mover; four-wheel-type robot; mobile robot; rough terrain mobility; Couplings; Leg; Legged locomotion; Mobile robots; Orbital robotics; Path planning; Rough surfaces; Stability; Surface roughness; Wheels; Hybrid Mechanism; Leg-wheel Robot; Mobile Robot; Rough Terrain; Wheel-type Robot;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2009. IROS 2009. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    St. Louis, MO
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3803-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3804-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IROS.2009.5354823
  • Filename
    5354823