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Analysis of actuation and dynamic balancing for a single-wheel robot
Y. Xu, K.W. Au, G.C. Nandy, and H. Brown
Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vol. 3, October, 1998, pp. 1789 -1794.

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Abstract

We develop a dynamic model of the steering and actuation mechanism of Gyrover, a single-wheel robot which can be considered as a single wheel, actuated through a spinning flywheel attached through a two-link manipulator at the wheel bearing and a drive motor. The spinning flywheel acts as a gyroscope to stabilize the robot, and at the same time it can achieve steering. We develop a dynamic model, investigate its motion equation, and nonholonomic constraints, and present a simulation study. The work is significant in understanding this type of dynamically stable but statically unstable system, and in developing automatic control of the system.

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Associated center: VASC
Associated labs/groups: Advanced Mechatronics Lab and CREATE: Community Robotics, Education and Technology Empowerment
Associated project: Gyrover

Text Reference

Y. Xu, K.W. Au, G.C. Nandy, and H. Brown, "Analysis of actuation and dynamic balancing for a single-wheel robot," Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vol. 3, October, 1998, pp. 1789 -1794.

BibTeX Reference

@inproceedings{Xu_1998_3515,
   author = "Yangsheng Xu and Kwok Wai Au and G. C. Nandy and H. Benjamin Brown",
   title = "Analysis of actuation and dynamic balancing for a single-wheel robot",
   booktitle = "Intelligent Robots and Systems",
   month = "October",
   year = "1998",
   volume = "3",
   pages = "1789 -1794"
}


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