1823. Vision-based motion analysis and deflection measurement of a robot's crawler unit.

This paper presents an approach to modeling the slippage of a robot's rubber tracks moving on a non-deformable surface. A single horizontal deflection of a one-track lug is considered. The issue is modeled by FEM and verified by track lug deflection measurement and trajectory motion analysis. As a measurement device, a vision system is developed and configured. The vision-based measurement method can be considered as a new approach for estimating a robot's track slippage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]