Title :
Advanced design methods and tools for mobile robot development
Author :
Kaikkonen, Jari ; Mäkeläinen, Tommi ; Hakala, Hannu
Author_Institution :
Machine Autom. Lab., Tech. Res. Centre of Finland, Tampere, Finland
Abstract :
Development of mobile robots is a very difficult and time consuming task. If good development tools were available the development work would be more productive and products would be more reliable. The authors present an efficient design approach for wheeled mobile robot development and give an overall description of tools, which are useful during the development cycle. The problem is divided into several parts: control software, at high and low level; electronics, divided into digital, analogue and power; mechanics, actuators; and sensors
Keywords :
CAD; mobile robots; actuators; analogue electronics; digital electronics; high-level control software; low-level control software; mechanics; power electronics; robot design tools; sensors; wheeled mobile robot; Actuators; Application software; Design methodology; Force control; Force sensors; Level control; Mobile robots; Productivity; Switches; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems '91. 'Intelligence for Mechanical Systems, Proceedings IROS '91. IEEE/RSJ International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Osaka
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0067-X
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.1991.174721
