Open AccessINVESTIGATION OF THE THREE-LINK CRAWLING ROBOTS MOVEMENT ON THE NONDETERMINATED SURFACE
Author(s) -
С. Ф. Яцун,
L. Yu. Vorochaeva,
Andrei Malchikov,
А. С. Яцун
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
izvestiâ ûgo-zapadnogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2686-6757
pISSN - 2223-1560
DOI - 10.21869/2223-1560-2018-22-4-6-14
Subject(s) - crawling , robot , computer science , displacement (psychology) , process (computing) , computer vision , trajectory , simulation , terrain , artificial intelligence , engineering , physics , medicine , psychology , ecology , astronomy , biology , psychotherapist , anatomy , operating system
Bionic principles of locomotion are the most promising for displacement and transporting equipment under the most difficult conditions. Robots gait based on the changing shape of the robots body and interaction with the surface by body parts, can find application when moving over rough terrain, in a closed space of technological and natural cavities, where the use of wheel-track or walking principle is not possible. In this paper, we propose the design of a three-link crawling robot equipped with two-coordinate active joints. The robot is equipped by supporting elements. Some supporting elements has adjustable friction coefficients, which allows realize various types of movement algorithms of the device. The article presents a mathematical model of a three-link crawling robot, which allows to study the process of robot movement, including case when the coefficients of friction of the surface under the supports are not equal to each other. In practice, the surface will most often have an inhomogeneous nondeterministic structure, which will lead to a deviation in straight-line motion. The paper proposes an algorithm and a diagram of an automatic control system that allows robot to move along a given path despite the indeterminate surface. This is achieved by using additional sensors: a digital electronic compass, an accelerometer, a GPS module. The paper presents the results of computational experiments and the results obtained during the full-scale tests of the prototype of a three-link robot motion. At the end of the article, a comparative analysis of the experimental and theoretical results confirming the adequacy of the developed mathematical model and computational algorithms is presented.