Virtual simulation technology is of great importance for the teleoperation of lunar rovers during the exploration phase, as well as the design of locomotion systems, performance evaluation, and control strategy verifi...
详细信息
Virtual simulation technology is of great importance for the teleoperation of lunar rovers during the exploration phase, as well as the design of locomotion systems, performance evaluation, and control strategy verification during the R&D phase. The currently used simulation methods for lunar rovers have several disadvantages such as poor fidelity for wheel-soil interaction mechanics, difficulty in simulating rough terrains, and high complexity making it difficult to realize mobility control in simulation systems. This paper presents an approach for the construction of a virtual simulation system that integrates the features of 3D modeling, wheel-soil interaction mechanics, dynamics analysis, mobility control, and visualization for lunar rovers. Wheel-soil interaction experiments are carried out to test the forces and moments acted on a lunar rover’s wheel by the soil with a vertical load of 80 N and slip ratios of 0, 0.03, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, and 0.6. The experimental results are referenced in order to set the parameters’ values for the PAC2002 tire model of the ADAMS/Tire module. In addition, the rough lunar terrain is simulated with 3DS Max software after analyzing its characteristics, and a data-transfer program is developed with Matlab to simulate the 3D reappearance of a lunar environment in ADAMS. The 3D model of a lunar rover is developed by using Pro/E software and is then imported into ADAMS. Finally, a virtual simulation system for lunar rovers is developed. A path-following control strategy based on slip compensation for a six-wheeled lunar rover prototype is researched. The controller is implemented by using Matlab/Simulink to carry out joint simulations with ADAMS. The designed virtual lunar rover could follow the planned path on a rough terrain. This paper can also provide a reference scheme for virtual simulation and performance analysis of rovers moving on rough lunar terrains.
This paper describes a microfluidic-based telemedicine system for insulin detection and conveying the results digitally to physicians located off-site through the Internet. The communication infrastructure is designed...
详细信息
This paper presents a jumping four-bar mechanism using pneumatic muscle actuators. The mechanism has three joints and each one is powered by one artificial muscle;jumping and restoring action is achieved by muscle con...
详细信息
In this paper, a stance control strategy of the Spring Loaded Inverted Pendulum (SLIP) hopper with adjustable stiffness of leg spring is proposed. Due to the lack of a closed form analytic solution of SLIP dynamics, a...
详细信息
Versatility of configurations is a significant feature for modular self-reconfigurable robots. For an arbitrarily assembled typical configuration, it is not easy to find the control method quickly in case of the symme...
详细信息
Estimating the ego motion is a key problem for a mobile robot, its efficiency and precision are hard to be balanced. In this paper, a fast and accurate approach is proposed to estimate the ego motion of stereo camera....
详细信息
In this paper, the author proposes a cross-coupling control approach based on neuron network, of which multiple parameters can be adjusted on line. According to the demand on the convergence of synchronization error i...
详细信息
The purpose of this paper is to describe the design and development of the hexapod robot HITCR-II for walking on unstructured terrain. The leg and joint with modularized structure have been designed, and an objective ...
详细信息
A valid analytical inverse kinematics computation for seven-degree-of- freedom (7-DOF) redundant manipulators with offset-wrist is proposed. The method uses a virtual joint to replace the join offset from the wrist, a...
详细信息
Ultrasonic motors (USM) are new type actuators that exhibit merits such as simple structure, high torque at low speed, compact size, quick response, quiet operation, self-locking when power off, no electromagnetic rad...
详细信息
暂无评论