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We have been proposing a new planetary rover system named “SMC Rover”. This system consists of one main body and detachable units, which can work as child rovers, and also become driving units of the main body. Each detachable unit named “Uni-Rover” consists of a single manipulator mounted on a wheel. Prototype models of the Uni-Rover and the SMC Rover have been already developed. This paper describes a new method of trajectory modeling for the Uni-Rover using the relation between arm posture and turning radius. At first, an intuitively recognizable model which uses zero slip angle is introduced. However, because this intuitive model has some problems, a new solution which considers the loss of friction on the wheel and on the caster is also discussed. The validity of the presented method is verified by experiments with an actual mechanical model. Moreover, an effective steering method which considers the margin of the energy stability is introduced.
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Kazuhiro Motomura is a Ph.D candidate at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech). In 2001 he was admitted to skip the fourth grade of the bachelor course in the Department of Mechano-Aerospace engineering at Tokyo Tech to enterthe master course in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the same Institute. He received the B.E. degree in National Institution for Academic Degrees an University Evaluation in 2002, and received the M.E. degree in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Tokyo Tech in 2003. He has been a research fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science from 2004. He awarded the Incentive Award for the presentation in the 17th RSJ Annual Conference in 2001, and the Finalists for the Best Video Award in the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation in 2003. His research interests include design of robotic mechanisms and control of mobile robots. He studies about the development of planetary rovers.
Atsushi Kawakami awarded the chance to skip fourth gradein the bachelor course of Department of Mechano-Aerospace engineering in Tokyo Institute of Technology, and entered the master course in 1997. He received the M.E. and Dr. E. degrees in Department of Mechanical Engineering Science in Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1999 and 2003, respectively. From 2003, he is a post-doctoral researcher. His research interest is in design of robotic mechanisms. He studies about the development of planetary rover. He awarded the Incentive Award for the presentation in the 17th RSJ Annual Conference in 2001, and the Finalists for the Best Video Award in the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation in 2003. He also acts as an organizer and lecturerin several hands on robots competitions that aim at the promotion and education for the beginners.
Shigeo Hirose was born in Tokyo in 1947. He received the B. E. degree with first class honors in Mechanical Engineering from Yokohama National University in 1971, and the M. E. and Dr. E. degrees in Control Engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1973 and 1976, respectively. From 1976 to 1979 he was a Research Associate, from 1979 to 1992 an Associate Professor and since 1992 he has been a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. He is the Fellow of both IEEE and Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineers. His research interest is in design of novel robotic mechanisms and its control. He awarded more than 30 prizes from academic societies; these include the first Pioneer in Robotics and Automation Award in 1999 and Best Conference Paper Award in 1995 both from IEEE Robotics & Automation Society. Prof. Hirose has published more than 200 academic papers as well as several books, including “Snake Inspired Robots” (Kogyo-chosakai Publishing Co. Ltd, 1987, in Japanese), “Robotics” (Shokabo Publishing Co. Ltd., 1987, in Japanese), and “Biologically Inspired Robots” (Oxford University Press,1993).
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Motomura, K., Kawakami, A. & Hirose, S. Development of Arm Equipped Single Wheel Rover: Effective Arm-Posture-Based Steering Method. Auton Robot 18, 215–229 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10514-005-0727-9
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