Application of a propeller-based air propulsion system to the land-based holonomic vehicle

S Zhang, W Huang - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
… an internal position control correction device that allows it to correct for … propulsion
system which has not currently been used for land-based holonomic vehicles [26]. The air-propulsion

Mechanical design of a ballbot platform

C Skrabel - 2013 - research-collection.ethz.ch
… in the final construction open the possibility of using Rezero as a human-ridable device. …
et al. using a principle called inverse mouse-ball drive [8]. With this method of ball actuation the …

Development of omnidirectional self-balancing robot

HY Han, TY Han, HS Jo - 2014 IEEE international symposium …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… of an inverse mouse-ball drive. The development was inspired by the … omnidirectional
wheels for its ball drive transmission. The … as the ball drive mechanism. The robot is modeled as …

Dynamic representation of a hydraulic constant-speed drive

EP Smith - Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical …, 1958 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… The basic drive equations pertain to the ball drive, the axial piston drive, and to the radial …
It is often of interest to electrical engineers to search for analogies between devices in other …

Embedded system for a Ballbot robot

A Bonci, M Pirani, M Rossi… - 2015 12th International …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… the body, the propulsion and the ball. The most complex is the propulsion subsystem, which
… we propose for the management of all sensing devices, control, signal processing and …

[PDF][PDF] Autonomous Surface Navigation Platform Utilizing GPS and an Ethernet Camera

M Baxter, A Berrocal, B Groff - 2010 - flcinnovation.org
… Vex motors for propulsion. Proportional controllers are … devices and power systems, the
software systems, and the test prototype. Additional data sheets and specifications for all devices

The hard-knocks bot

E Kastner - IEEE Spectrum, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… Connell and I had promised Coach Teevens a working device. I called Connell, who was …
Our biggest goal that summer was to improve the ball drive. We tried many different air-filled …

Considerations about the development of a Ballbot= Considerations about the development of a Ballbot

R Iemolo - 2019 - webthesis.biblio.polito.it
… In particular, it was analyzed a Ballbot with a ball drive-mechanism composed of three …
Magnetometers are used to provide a direction reference for our electronic device. It gives a …

The future of full-scale propulsion testing

H Ryan, W Solano, R Holland, S Rahman - 39th Aerospace Sciences …, 2001 - arc.aiaa.org
… This paper highlights several major test facilities for large-scale propulsion devices, and
summarizes the varied nature of the recent test projects conducted at the Stennis Space Center (…

Estimating the Useful Energy of a Launcher's Pneumatic Launch System UAV

G Jastrzębski, L Ułanowicz - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
… resistance forces (the drag forces consist of the force against the pressure in the emptied
chamber and the mass moment of inertia of the moving parts, ie, the ball valve ball, ball drive