Development and Testing of a Hybrid Wheg (trademark)-Mobile Platform for Autonomous Surf-Zone Operations

Abstract

Mobility Over Non-Trivial Terrain (MONTe) is a hybrid (wheel-leg) Wheg(trademark)-mobile platform created for two purposes. The first purpose is to verify the simulated benefits of adapting previous six-legged Wheg robotic platforms to a four-legged Wheg amphibious design with a tail. The second purpose is to provide a platform to continue autonomous design and testing in the amphibious environment. In addition, the challenges of previous NPS surf-zone designs are investigated as well as the new challenges of making an amphibious platform to include the following: suspension system, drivetrain, tail integration, environmental control for subsystems, power distribution system and water-borne operation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA556658

Entities

People

  • Michael Slatt

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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  • Advanced Electronics
  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

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  • Additive Manufacturing
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  • Heat Sinks
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  • Navigation
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  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy