PRINCIPLE, CONSTRUCTION AND KINEMATIC ANALYSIS FOR THE OMNIDIRECTIONAL MOBILE ROBOT——ICE-SKATER ROBOT

IntroductionAccording to Prof.Shigeo Hirose,there arethree main basic types of locomotion for mobilerobot:1 artificial rotational device,such as wheelsand crawlers,2 legs and 3articulated bodies,which is similar to the body of a snake1] .Thelegged robot can move on not only an even groundbut rugged terrain and makes omnidirectional mo-tion without slippage,it will increase the totalweight of the robotifa number ofbulky and heavyactuators,steering and braking mechanisms are at-tached to the m…

PRINCIPLE,CONSTRUCTION AND KINEMATIC ANALYSIS FOR THE OMNIDIRECTIONAL MOBILE ROBOT--ICE-SKATER ROBOT

Three main basic types of locomotion for a mobile robot were introduced and the advantages and disadvantages of a legged mobile robot, a wheeled mobile robot and an articulated mobile robot were also discussed. A new type of leg wheeled mobile robot was introduced which combines the adaptability of legged robot with the stability of wheeled robot. On the basis of the structure of the wheels, the paper described the principle of the ice skater robot developed from Roller walker and ALDURO and its construction. The paper also established an inertia coordinate system and a wheel coordinate system, and analyzed the configuration or the posture and the related kinematic constraints of the robot according to some assumptions. Based on the motion principle, a logic based coordinated control system and corresponded flowchart were designed. At last, taking the ice skater robot as an example the paper expounded its application and the actual experiment proved its feasibility.