Abstract:
We present the results of theoretical and experimental investigations of the motion of a spherical robot on a plane. The motion is actuated by a platform with omniwheels placed inside the robot. The control of the spherical robot is based on a dynamic model in the nonholonomic statement expressed as equations of motion in quasivelocities with indeterminate coefficients. A number of experiments have been carried out that confirm the adequacy of the dynamic model proposed.
The work of A.A. Kilin (Sections 2 and 3) is supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project nos. 15-38-20879-mol_a_ved and 15-08-09261-a. The work of Yu.L. Karavaev (Sections 4 and 5) is supported by the Russian Science Foundation under grant 14-19-01303.
Citation:
Yu. L. Karavaev, A. A. Kilin, “Nonholonomic dynamics and control of a spherical robot with an internal omniwheel platform: theory and experiments”, Modern problems of mechanics, Collected papers, Trudy Mat. Inst. Steklova, 295, MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica, Moscow, 2016, 174–183; Proc. Steklov Inst. Math., 295 (2016), 158–167