Development of a Holonomic Omni-Directional Mobile Robot with Step-Climbing Ability

Atsushi Yamashita; Tatsuya Kanazawa; Hajime Asama; Hayato Kaetsu; Isao Endo; Tamio Arai; Kazumi Sato

doi:10.20965/jrm.2001.p0160

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JRM Vol.13 No.2 pp. 160-167

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2001.p0160

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Development of a Holonomic Omni-Directional Mobile Robot with Step-Climbing Ability

Atsushi Yamashita^, Tatsuya Kanazawa^, Hajime Asama^, Hayato Kaetsu^, Isao Endo^, Tamio Arai^**, and Kazumi Sato^

^*Department of Machinery Engineering, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, 432-8561, Japan

^**Department of Industrial Chemistry, Science University of Tokyo, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan

^***The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research(RIKEN), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan

^****Department of Precision Machinery Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan

Received:

October 13, 2000

Accepted:

November 7, 2000

Published:

April 20, 2001

Abstract

In this paper, we purpose a new holonomic omnidirectional mobile robot that can pass over steps and rough terrain. A prototype of the omnidirectional mobile robot has seven wheels with free rollers. We adopt a passive suspension for the robot to climb slopes and to pass over steps without actuators and sensors for climbing and analyzed the kinematics of the omnidirectional robot. The performance of the prototype robot is shown through experiments.

Cite this article as:

A. Yamashita, T. Kanazawa, H. Asama, H. Kaetsu, I. Endo, T. Arai, and K. Sato, “Development of a Holonomic Omni-Directional Mobile Robot with Step-Climbing Ability,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.13 No.2, pp. 160-167, 2001.

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Development of a Holonomic Omni-Directional Mobile Robot with Step-Climbing Ability

Atsushi Yamashita*, Tatsuya Kanazawa**, Hajime Asama***, Hayato Kaetsu***, Isao Endo***, Tamio Arai****, and Kazumi Sato**

Atsushi Yamashita^, Tatsuya Kanazawa^, Hajime Asama^, Hayato Kaetsu^, Isao Endo^, Tamio Arai^**, and Kazumi Sato^