Effect of assistive grouser mechanism on lightweight rover power consumption pattern on steep soft sand inclines

Lightweight wheeled rover locomotion has been the focus of research due to their reliability and simplicity of use. Soft sand inclines remain a challenge for wheeled rovers due to the high slippage and also a high risk for the wheels to dig into the sand and get stuck, due to the flowing nature of s...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Najmuddin, Ibrahim, Fukuoka, Yasuhiro
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
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Published: Springer Singapore 2018
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description Lightweight wheeled rover locomotion has been the focus of research due to their reliability and simplicity of use. Soft sand inclines remain a challenge for wheeled rovers due to the high slippage and also a high risk for the wheels to dig into the sand and get stuck, due to the flowing nature of soft sand. During our previous work, we had proposed an assistive grouser mechanism that is attached to the sides of a conventional wheel, which had shown promising performance on soft sand inclines up to 30°. Power consumption pattern is important to lightweight rovers powered by onboard batteries traversing over terrain with high wheel rolling resistance such as soft sand. Therefore, this paper investigates the current consumption of a rover when using conventional wheels with fixed grousers compared to a rover using our proposed assistive grousers. The results show that on steep inclines, the assistive grousers are able to provide a relatively stable and lower current consumption when compared to when using a conventional wheel with fixed grousers
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spelling UMPir217412018-08-06T03:22:37Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/21741/ Effect of assistive grouser mechanism on lightweight rover power consumption pattern on steep soft sand inclines Ahmad Najmuddin, Ibrahim Fukuoka, Yasuhiro TS Manufactures Lightweight wheeled rover locomotion has been the focus of research due to their reliability and simplicity of use. Soft sand inclines remain a challenge for wheeled rovers due to the high slippage and also a high risk for the wheels to dig into the sand and get stuck, due to the flowing nature of soft sand. During our previous work, we had proposed an assistive grouser mechanism that is attached to the sides of a conventional wheel, which had shown promising performance on soft sand inclines up to 30°. Power consumption pattern is important to lightweight rovers powered by onboard batteries traversing over terrain with high wheel rolling resistance such as soft sand. Therefore, this paper investigates the current consumption of a rover when using conventional wheels with fixed grousers compared to a rover using our proposed assistive grousers. The results show that on steep inclines, the assistive grousers are able to provide a relatively stable and lower current consumption when compared to when using a conventional wheel with fixed grousers Springer Singapore 2018-04-28 Book Chapter PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/21741/1/book49%20Effect%20of%20assistive%20grouser%20mechanism%20on%20lightweight%20rover%20power%20consumption%20pattern%20on%20steep%20soft%20sand%20inclines.pdf pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/21741/2/book49.1%20Effect%20of%20assistive%20grouser%20mechanism%20on%20lightweight%20rover%20power%20consumption%20pattern%20on%20steep%20soft%20sand%20inclines.pdf Ahmad Najmuddin, Ibrahim and Fukuoka, Yasuhiro (2018) Effect of assistive grouser mechanism on lightweight rover power consumption pattern on steep soft sand inclines. In: Intelligent Manufacturing & Mechatronics: Proceedings of Symposium, 29 January 2018, Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering . Springer Singapore, Singapore, pp. 343-351. ISBN 9789811087875 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8788-2_30 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-8788-2_30
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Effect of assistive grouser mechanism on lightweight rover power consumption pattern on steep soft sand inclines
title Effect of assistive grouser mechanism on lightweight rover power consumption pattern on steep soft sand inclines
title_full Effect of assistive grouser mechanism on lightweight rover power consumption pattern on steep soft sand inclines
title_fullStr Effect of assistive grouser mechanism on lightweight rover power consumption pattern on steep soft sand inclines
title_full_unstemmed Effect of assistive grouser mechanism on lightweight rover power consumption pattern on steep soft sand inclines
title_short Effect of assistive grouser mechanism on lightweight rover power consumption pattern on steep soft sand inclines
title_sort effect of assistive grouser mechanism on lightweight rover power consumption pattern on steep soft sand inclines
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