Sea-Shore Interface Robotic Design

Abstract

An exoskeleton platform was developed, prototyped and tested for mobility performance in a beachfront environment. New platform, drive-train, motor-controller and wheel design were employed in the experiment. The objective was to improve on the shortcoming of previous NPS research. Three wheel-designs were tested during fixed pattern tests on grass, concrete and sand. Data suggests that, with regard to power consumption, there is a marginal difference on preferred wheel design. The sparse print round wheel showed promise in heavy vegetation; however, the WhegTM wheel proved to be the most versatile on various terrains. This suggests that a WhegTM wheel with improved round wheel characteristics would be optimal for various beachfront terrains.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA606927

Entities

People

  • Timothy L. Bell

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • C# Programming Language
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Data Sets
  • Dc Motors
  • Department Of Defense
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Domain
  • Language
  • Materials
  • Mobility
  • Navigation
  • Standards
  • Three Dimensional
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Readers

  • Pavement Materials Engineering.
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

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