1. Lywal: a Leg-Wheel Transformable Quadruped Robot with Picking up and Transport Functions
- Author
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Siyu Lu, Juezhu Lai, Wang Yuhai, Xichen Yuan, Yang Yang, Jianming Wang, Yongjiang Xue, Bo Zhang, and Xuan Xiao
- Subjects
Mechanism (engineering) ,Computer science ,business.industry ,Control system ,Robot ,Mobile robot ,Control engineering ,Mobile control ,Kinematics ,business ,Automation ,ComputingMethodologies_COMPUTERGRAPHICS - Abstract
This paper introduces a leg-wheel transformable quadruped robot named Lywal which can switch to the leg-mode and the wheel-mode for locomotion, and the claw-mode for picking up and transport functions. First, the mechanical structure of Lywal is designed by using an innovative 2-DoF transformable mechanism. Second, the calculation of kinematics is analyzed in detail. Then, the switching-mode strategy and the mobile control strategies in different modes are designed. Finally, the prototype of Lywal is built. The properties of the mobile modes are analyzed, and the picking-up and transport functions of the claw-mode are verified through physical experiments.
- Published
- 2021