Static tip-over stability analysis for a robotic vehicle with a single-axle trailer on slopes based on altered supporting polygons

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 697-705

  Morales, Jesús ^a   Martínez, Jorge L ^a   Mandow, Anthony ^a   Serón, Javier ^a   García Cerezo, Alfonso J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mobile robots; Robot control; Slope negotiation; Stability; Tip over avoidance; Tractor trailer; Vehicles

Indexed keywords

CENTER OF GRAVITY; MOBILE MANIPULATOR; ROBOT CONTROLS; SLOPE NEGOTIATION; STATIC EQUILIBRIUM; TIP-OVER AVOIDANCE; TIP-OVER STABILITY; TRACTOR-TRAILER;

AXLES; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; GEOMETRY; GRAVITATION; MOBILE ROBOTS; TRACTORS (TRUCK); VEHICLES;

SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 84889086462     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2011.2181955     Document Type: Article

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