Title
Concept of adaptive gait for leg-wheel robot, RT-Mover
Abstract
We have been conducting research into developing sufficient mobilization through usage of the leg-wheel type robot known as “RT-Mover” in its intended environment. This robot uses 4 drive wheels and 5 driving axes to provide simple mechanics, while also delivering a wheel mode and a leg mode. Past research has confirmed the robot's underlying mobilization capability on standard terrain, examined the wheel mode's mobility, and tested the robot's capability to move over rough terrain not suitable for wheel mode via the leg mode. This paper proposes concept of adaptive gait using leg functions. When the wheels come in contact with convex terrain, adaptive gait will allow movement to continue through the use of leg motions. This paper provides a proposal concerning the basic operation of adaptive gait and validates their efficacy using the results of simulations and experiments.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6490982
Robotics and Biomimetics
Keywords
Field
DocType
drives,legged locomotion,wheels,RT-Mover,adaptive gait,convex terrain,drive wheel,driving axe,leg function,leg mode,leg motion,leg-wheel robot,leg-wheel type robot,mobilization capability,wheel mode mobility
Gait,Control theory,Terrain,Control engineering,Engineering,Robot
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4673-2125-9
0
0.34
References 
Authors
5
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Shuro Nakajima14511.54
Kazuhisa Ietomi200.34