...Justin Quan; Dennis W. Hong Conventional mobile robots have difficulty navigating highly unstructured spaces such as caves and forests. In these environments, a highly extendable limb could be useful for deploying hooks to climb over terrain, or for reaching hard-to-access sites for sample...

...Changxiang Fan; Fan Zeng; Shouhei Shirafuji; Jun Ota The transportation of large-scale objects in a narrow space is a challenging, but useful application for mobile robots. We have developed a three-mobile-robot system to cooperatively lift, support, and transport a large object on a mobile robot...

... [ 1 ]. Mobile robots will interact with humans in a much wider range of situations, sometimes collaborating with them, sometimes fully replacing their direct intervention. In particular, small-scale ground mobile robots can be profitably applied in many application fields such as homeland security [ 2...

... Corresponding author. Email: sohgimsong@sutd.edu.sg legged robots mechanism design mobile robots robot design References [1] Ghost Robotics , 2016 , https://www.ghostrobotics.io/ , Accessed February 8, 2022. [2] Johnson , A. M. , and Koditschek , D. E. , 2013...

... robot on-structure machining machining of large structures parallel robot 3PRRR legged robots manufacturing mobile robots parallel platforms robot design Khalifa University’s internal fund 10.13039/501100004070 RC1-2018-KUCARS Robots have been used to perform machining...

... of M echanisms and R obotics . 06 09 2022 23 12 2022 23 12 2022 30 01 2023 self-reconfiguring robot multi-branch robots truss climbing screw theory legged robots mechanism design mobile robots theoretical kinematics National Natural Science Foundation...

.... , Wang , P. , and Yang , G. , 2019 , “ Mobile Robot Manipulation System With a Reconfigurable Robotic Arm: Design and Experiment ,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) , Dali, China , December , pp. 2378 – 2383 . [16] Liu , J. , Iacoponi , S...

... kinematics workspace mechanism design mobile robots National Natural Science Foundation of China 10.13039/501100001809 52174149 51975468 Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province 10.13039/501100007128 2022GY-241 Rescue robots can perform vital tasks in complex...

... echanisms and R obotics . 12 09 2021 31 05 2022 31 05 2022 22 06 2022 bio-inspired design mechanism design mobile robots robot design soft robots Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 10.13039/501100001691 JP19K23502 Pipes are essential...

... was fabricated and tested, which can move smoothly along the ground. 16 01 2022 12 05 2022 13 05 2022 21 06 2022 mobile robots robot design soft robots Guangzhou Science and Technology Program key projects 10.13039/501100004000 201904020020 National Natural Science...

...Chenyang Zhang; Guangrong Chen; Zijia Li; Xiaohang Qiu; Sheng Guo In many rescue and detection tasks, mobile robots are required to transverse over uneven terrains and enter some dangerous environments that people cannot overcome, such as crevices, pipes, gullies, etc. High mobility/speed...

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... and Robotics Committee of ASME for publication in the J ournal of M echanisms and R obotics . 01 11 2021 17 02 2022 17 02 2022 29 04 2022 mobile robots Johnson Space Center 10.13039/100006203 80NSSC19K1076 With the advancement of technology, robots have...

...Dongming Gan; Jiaming Fu; Han Lin; Haoguang Yang; Mo Rastgaar; Byung-Cheol Min; Richard Voyles Mobile robots with manipulation capability are a key technology that enables flexible robotic interactions, large area covering and remote exploration. This paper presents a novel class of actuation...

...Zhen Song; Zirong Luo; Guowu Wei; Jianzhong Shang Mobile robots can replace rescuers in rescue and detection missions in complex and unstructured environments and draw the interest of many researchers. This paper presents a novel six-wheeled mobile robot with a reconfigurable body and self...

... robotic systems to coalesce and achieve the structural benefits of large systems. This feature enables reconfigurable modular robotic systems to bridge the gap between small agile systems and larger robotic systems. The proposed self-reconfigurable mobile robot design exhibits dual mobility using...

... obotics . 07 03 2021 20 05 2021 21 05 2021 06 07 2021 control dynamics mobile robots robot design Currently, mobile robots address still a great interest for new and enhanced solutions regarding different topics: locomotion, perception, control system...

.... The mobile robot is also equipped with a robotic manipulator, of which a synthesis, simulation, and experimental validation are presented. Additionally, manipulation is accomplished during motion on rough terrain. The proposed mobile robot has been fabricated using additive manufacturing (AM) techniques...

... mobile robots Robotic locomotion has been the subject of interest for many researchers since the past few decades. As a consequence, many different robotic mobile platforms have been developed [ 1 – 3 ]. Apart from locomotion on mobile platforms, different humanoid-based locomotion strategies...

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