DocumentCode
3153474
Title
Non-isomorphic tread design for a side-slipping tread/limb hybrid robot
Author
Godzdanker, Roy ; Voyles, Richard
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Denver, Denver, CO
fYear
2008
fDate
20-22 Aug. 2008
Firstpage
1008
Lastpage
1012
Abstract
A novel tread design is described for the crawling robot TerminatorBot that allows side-slipping locomotion. This module creates a tread/limb hybrid robot capable of both forward locomotion and transverse locomotion. This paper focuses on the preliminary analysis of the rubber cantilever beams that result in nonisotropic behavior of the tread which we hope will allow enhanced capability in both forward and sideways motion.
Keywords
aerospace robotics; cantilevers; mobile robots; TerminatorBot; crawling robot; nonisomorphic tread design; rubber cantilever beams; side-slipping tread/limb hybrid robot; Couplings; Crawlers; Design engineering; Hardware; Legged locomotion; Mobile robots; Orbital robotics; Robot sensing systems; Software tools; Termination of employment; mobile robots; tread/limb hybrid;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
SICE Annual Conference, 2008
Conference_Location
Tokyo
Print_ISBN
978-4-907764-30-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-4-907764-29-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SICE.2008.4654803
Filename
4654803
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