Mechanical design of "Omni-Ball": Spherical wheel for holonomic omnidirectional motion

Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, IEEE CASE 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 788-794

  Tadakuma, Kenjiro ^a,b   Tadakuma, Riichiro ^c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c AIST   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical design; Omni Ball; Omni wheel; Omnidirectional mobility; Spherical wheel; Step climbing

Indexed keywords

MACHINE DESIGN; MOTION CONTROL; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBOT PROGRAMMING; ROBOTICS;

MECHANICAL DESIGN; OMNI-BALL; OMNI-WHEEL; OMNIDIRECTIONAL MOBILITY; SPHERICAL WHEELS; STEP CLIMBING;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 44449168727     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/COASE.2007.4341852     Document Type: Conference Paper

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