Paper:
Omnidirectional Cart with Power-assist System
Shigeki Fujiwara, Hitoshi Kitano, Hideki Yamashita, Hiroshi Maeda and Hideo Fukunaga
Production Engineering Research Laboratory, Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. 1048, Kadoma, Osaka, 571-8686 Japan
We provided a holonomic omnidirectional cart using a universal wheel with the power-assist function and put it into practical use as a meal delivery cart. Even if the cart weighs about 700 kilograms, it is easily operated as a manually operated lightweight cart. This report gives an overview of the new product, measures for enhancing operability, a handle sensing force in 3 directions, measures to reduce vibration during universal wheel driving, and ways to improve universal wheel durability.
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