Design and Gait Control of a Rollerblading Robot

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Chitta, Sachin
Heger, Frederik W
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We present the design and gait generation for an experimental ROLLERBLADER1. The ROLLERBLADER is a robot with a central platform mounted on omnidirectional casters and two 3 degree-of-freedom legs. A passive rollerblading wheel is attached to the end of each leg. The wheels give rise to nonholonomic constraints acting on the robot. The legs can be picked up and placed back on the ground allowing a combination of skating and walking gaits. We present two types of gaits for the robot. In the first gait, we allow the legs to be picked up and placed back on the ground while in the second, the wheels are constrained to stay on the ground at all times. Experimental gait results for a prototype robot are also presented.

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2004-04-26
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Copyright 2004 IEEE. Reprinted from Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004), Volume 4, pages 3944-3949. This material is posted here with permission of the IEEE. Such permission of the IEEE does not in any way imply IEEE endorsement of any of the University of Pennsylvania's products or services. Internal or personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution must be obtained from the IEEE by writing to pubs-permissions@ieee.org. By choosing to view this document, you agree to all provisions of the copyright laws protecting it.
Copyright 2004 IEEE. Reprinted from Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '04), pages 3944-3949 vol. 4. This material is posted here with permission of the IEEE. Such permission of the IEEE does not in any way imply IEEE endorsement of any of the University of Pennsylvania's products or services. Internal or personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution must be obtained from the IEEE by writing to pubs-permissions@ieee.org. By choosing to view this document, you agree to all provisions of the copyright laws protecting it.
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