Design Study for an Actively Terrain-Adaptive Off-Road Vehicle.

Abstract

This project consisted of studies directed at establishing the feasibility of building a practical vehicle using fully adaptive legged locomotion. The objective of building such a vehicle is mobility in extreme rough terrain conditions. New technologies essential to feasibility include computer control of leg coordination, efficient power transmission for coordinated motion of large numbers of mechanical degrees of freedom, development of terrain sensing systems and utilization of the information provided by those systems in control of the machine. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 03, 1982
Accession Number
ADA115600

Entities

People

  • Kenneth J. Waldron
  • Robert B. Mcghee

Organizations

  • Ohio State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Construction
  • Control Systems
  • Electric Motors
  • Energy
  • Energy Consumption
  • Energy Transfer
  • Geometry
  • Joints (Anatomy)
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Transducers

Readers

  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design