Deduction of the rocker-type track suspension configurations and their applications to coal mine rescue robots

Jiqiren/Robot

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-33

  Li, Yunwang ^a   Ge, Shirong ^a   Zhu, Hua ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Obstacle surmounting; Rocker type tracked robot; Suspension configuration; W shaped track

Indexed keywords

ANTI-OVERTURNING; CAPABILITY ANALYSIS; GAS ATMOSPHERE; JOINT ANGLE; LOCOMOTION MECHANISM; MOBILE PLATFORM; MOBILE SYSTEMS; STAIR-CLIMBING; TEST RESULTS; TRACKED ROBOT; UNDERGROUND COAL MINE; UNSTRUCTURED TERRAIN; VARIOUS CONFIGURATION;

COAL MINES; LANDFORMS; MINE RESCUE; MINING; STAIRS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ROBOTS;

EID: 77949557953     PISSN: 10020446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1218.2010.00025     Document Type: Article

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