Locomotion strategies for amphibious robots-a review

M Rafeeq, SF Toha, S Ahmad, MA Razib - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the past two decades, unmanned amphibious robots have proven the most promising and
efficient systems ranging from scientific, military, and commercial applications. The …

Watch the Next Step: A Comprehensive Survey of Stair-Climbing Vehicles

A Pappalettera, F Bottiglione, G Mantriota, G Reina - Robotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Stair climbing is one of the most challenging tasks for vehicles, especially when transporting
people and heavy loads. Although many solutions have been proposed and demonstrated …

Design, Analysis, and Experiment of a Wheel-Legged Mobile Robot

J Li, Y Liu, Z Yu, Y Guan, Y Zhao, Z Zhuang, T Sun - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this paper, a wheel-legged mobile robot is proposed. The parameter design of the wheel-
leg structure is completed using geometric analysis and statics modeling. The curling …

Energy efficiency of a quadruped robot with neuro-inspired control in complex environments

P Arena, L Patanè, S Taffara - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper proposes an analysis of the energy efficiency of a small quadruped robotic
structure, designed based on the MIT Mini Cheetah, controlled using a central pattern …

Design and Implementation of a Leg–Wheel Robot: Transleg

Z Wei, G Song, G Qiao, Y Zhang… - Journal of …, 2017 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In this paper, the design and implementation of a novel leg–wheel robot called Transleg are
presented. Transleg adopts the wire as the transmission mechanism to simplify the structure …

The Tri-Wheel: A novel wheel-leg mobility concept

LM Smith, RD Quinn, KA Johnson… - 2015 IEEE/RSJ …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Tri-Wheel is a novel wheel-leg locomotion concept inspired by work with first
responders. Through its two modes of operation-Driving Mode and Tumbling Mode-this …

Towards a semi-autonomous robotic exploration of a lunar skylight cavity

RU Sonsalla, S Planthaber… - 2022 IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study evaluates the feasibility of a robotic exploration mission to a skylight located in the
Marius Hills region on Moon. The study is based on theoretical evaluations while making …

Bio-inspired robotic solutions for landslide monitoring

L Patané - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
Bio-inspired solutions are often taken into account to solve problems that nature took
millions of years to deal with. In the field of robotics, when we need to design systems able to …

Design, modeling, and control of a single leg for a legged-wheeled locomotion system with non-rigid joint

VH Pinto, J Gonçalves, P Costa - Actuators, 2021 - mdpi.com
This article presents an innovative legged-wheeled system, designed to be applied in a
hybrid robotic vehicle's locomotion system, as its driving member. The proposed system will …

Learning traversability map of different robotic platforms for unstructured terrains path planning

P Arena, CF Blanco, AL Noce… - … Joint Conference on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper aims to propose an innovative method to obtain the traversability maps of
unstructured environments and the best path between two points on the basis of the specific …