HYBRID MOBILE ROBOT SYSTEMS: SYMBIOSIS OF LOCOMOTION AND MANIPULATION - Softcover

Ben-Tzvi, Pinhas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3843368902 ISBN 13: 9783843368902

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

This book presents the development of mobile robot systems with a hybrid mechanism whereby the locomotion platform and manipulator arm are designed as one entity to support both locomotion and manipulation symbiotically and interchangeably. Mechanical designs are described as well as dynamic simulation methods to analyze robot mobility and functionality. The book also presents a new generalized control hardware architecture based on embedded internal wireless communication network between robot subsystems that also provides operational fault-tolerance. The new control architecture and mechanical design demonstrate significant qualitative and quantitative performance improvements of mobile robots in terms of the new locomotion and manipulation capabilities they provide. Experimental results are presented to demonstrate the new operative tasks that the mobile robots can accomplish, such as traversing challenging obstacles, and manipulating objects of various capacities; functions often required in various challenging applications, such as search & rescue missions, hazardous site inspections, and planetary explorations.

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About the Author

Pinhas Ben-Tzvi, PhD: Received the BSc degree Summa Cum Laude from the Technion?Israel Inst of Technology in 2000, and the PhD degree in Robotics from the Univ of Toronto in 2008. Dr. Ben-Tzvi is a Professor of Engineering & Applied Science. His research focus is in robotics, autonomous systems, and development of smart sensors & actuators.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3843368902
• ISBN 13: 9783843368902
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 148