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Wheeled Locomotion
Introduction to Mobile Robotics
Wolfram Burgard
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Locomotion of Wheeled Robots
Locomotion (Oxford Dict.): Power of motion from place to place
Differential drive (AmigoBot, Pioneer 2-DX) Car drive (Ackerman steering) Synchronous drive (B21) XR4000 Mecanum wheels
y
roll
z m otion
x
y
we also allow wheels to rotate around the z axis
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Instantaneous Center of Curvature
ICC
For rolling motion to occur, each wheel has to move along its y-axis
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Differential Drive
R
ICC w
(x,y)
y
l/2
q x
v l
v r
w(R+ l / 2) = vr
w(R- l / 2) = vl
R =l
2
(vl + vr)
(vr - vl)
w =vr - vl
l
v =vr + vl
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]cos,sin[ICC qq RyRx
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Differential Drive: Forward Kinematics
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P(t)
P(t+dt)
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Differential Drive: Forward Kinematics
ICC
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P(t+dt)
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Ackermann Drive
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Synchronous Drive
q
y
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w( ) t
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')]'(sin[)'()(
')]'(cos[)'()(
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t
t
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dttt
dtttvty
dtttvtx
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XR4000 Drive
q
y
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wi(t)
')'()(
')]'(sin[)'()(
')]'(cos[)'()(
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Mecanum Wheels
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The Kuka OmniRob Platform
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Example: KUKA youBot
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Tracked Vehicles
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Other Robots: OmniTread
[courtesy by Johann Borenstein]
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Non-Holonomic Constraints
Non-holonomic constraints limit the possible incremental movements within the configuration space of the robot.
Robots with differential drive or synchro-drive move on a circular trajectory and cannot move sideways.
Mecanum-wheeled robots can move sideways (they have no non-holonomic constraints).
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Holonomic vs. Non-Holonomic
Non-holonomic constraints reduce the control space with respect to the current configuration
E.g., moving sideways is impossible.
Holonomic constraints reduce the configuration space.
E.g., a train on tracks (not all positions and orientations are possible)
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Drives with Non-Holonomic Constraints
Synchro-drive
Differential drive
Ackermann drive
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Drives without Non-Holonomic Constraints
Mecanum wheels
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Dead Reckoning and Odometry
Estimating the motion based on the issued controls/wheel encoder readings
Integrated over time
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Summary
Introduced different types of drives for wheeled robots
Math to describe the motion of the basic drives given the speed of the wheels
Non-holonomic constraints
Odometry and dead reckoning