Design and Modeling of a Ball Wheel Mobile Robot

Abstract:

A new generation for an omni-directional ball wheel mobile robot with unique driving mechanism is introduced. This driving system overcomes to problems arise using traditional omni-wheels such as, vibration, inappropriate to employ in outdoor applications and limited load capacity. Mechanical structure of this robot has several distinctive characteristics in comparison with our previous robot. Modularity of driving system is the most important ability of new robot, beside on appending a suspension system to improve behavior of robot in rough terrains. Due to independent operation of three ball wheel chassis, designed robot has high performance in going over obstacles along its path.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 463-464)
• Pages: 1215-1218
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.463-464.1215
• Online since: February 2012
• Authors: Hashem Ghariblu, Ali Moharrami, Behnam Ghalamchi
• Keywords: Ball Wheel, Design, Mobile Robot

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