Singularity-free solutions for inverse kinematics of degenerate mobile robots

Autor: Michael LiBretto, Euisun Kim, Jun Ueda, Yingxin Qiu, Kevin Pluckter, Nam Su Yuk
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Mechanism and Machine Theory. 153:103988
ISSN: 0094-114X
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2020.103988
Popis: This paper describes a method for inverse kinematics that is tolerant to degenerate wheels structures, specifically to control the motion of the transformable, pseudo-omnidirectional mobile platform. This platform can expand its lateral footprint while maintaining the robot’s planar mobility. The proposed method creates an inverse kinematical solution where there previously was none due to modeling singularities from the use of degenerate wheel structures. The idea of degenerate wheel structures is introduced and a robot using only these wheels is described. The first order dynamics of the robot are derived and an analytical inverse kinematical solution to the steering angle and rate of wheel rotation for each wheel is given using closed form solutions. The bifurcating solutions are addressed and as long as the chosen solutions are consistent between the steering angle and the wheel rotation speed, there is no impact on the effectiveness of either pair of solutions. This solution proved to be accurate through simulation of both omnidirectional motion and instantaneous center of rotation-based motion. Consistent results were achieved in experiments.
Databáze: OpenAIRE