Optimal Motions of Bodies Controlled by Internal Moving Masses

Autor: Felix L. Chernousko
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: IFAC-PapersOnLine. 51:1-6
ISSN: 2405-8963
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.11.343
Popis: Locomotion of robots in a resistive medium can be based on special motions of auxiliary internal masses inside the main body of the robot. This locomotion principle is used in micro-robots and vibro-robots moving in tubes. In the paper, optimal motions of systems controlled by internal moving masses are considered. One-dimensional optimal motions are examined for systems moving in the presence of dry friction forces. Two-dimensional motions are considered for bodies subject to dry friction and containing internal moving masses. Optimal motions of a two-body system are obtained for the case where external forces are negligible. This situation is a model for the re-orientation of a spacecraft containing a moving internal mass.
Databáze: OpenAIRE