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Autonomous Tracked Robots in Planar Off-Road Conditions

Modelling, Localization, and Motion Control

  • Presents an extended kinematic model taking into account slip effect, which is validated through physical experiments
  • Demonstrates a localization strategy based on visual odometry and visual compass, which is successfully tested in real off-road conditions
  • A whole navigation architecture is designed for a real off-road mobile robot and validated through physical experiments

Part of the book series: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control (SSDC, volume 6)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-7
  2. Introduction

    • Ramón González, Francisco Rodríguez, José Luis Guzmán
    Pages 1-9
  3. Modelling Tracked Robots in Planar Off-Road Conditions

    • Ramón González, Francisco Rodríguez, José Luis Guzmán
    Pages 11-33
  4. Localization of Tracked Robots in Planar Off-Road Conditions

    • Ramón González, Francisco Rodríguez, José Luis Guzmán
    Pages 35-56
  5. Adaptive Motion Controllers for Tracked Robots

    • Ramón González, Francisco Rodríguez, José Luis Guzmán
    Pages 57-83
  6. Robust Predictive Motion Controller for Tracked Robots

    • Ramón González, Francisco Rodríguez, José Luis Guzmán
    Pages 85-105
  7. Conclusions and Future Works

    • Ramón González, Francisco Rodríguez, José Luis Guzmán
    Pages 107-109
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 111-119

About this book

This monograph is framed within the context of off-road mobile robotics. In particular, it discusses issues related to modelling, localization, and motion control of tracked mobile robots working in planar slippery conditions. Tracked locomotion constitutes a well-known solution for mobile platforms operating over diverse challenging terrains, for that reason, tracked robotics constitutes an important research field with many applications (e.g. agriculture, mining, search and rescue operations, military activities). The specific topics of this monograph are: historical perspective of tracked vehicles and tracked robots; trajectory-tracking model taking into account slip effect; visual-odometry-based localization strategies; and advanced slip-compensation motion controllers ensuring efficient real-time execution. Physical experiments with a real tracked robot are presented showing the better performance of the suggested novel approaches to known techniques.

 Keywords: longitudinal slip, visual odometry, slip-compensation control, robust predictive control, trajectory tracking.

 Related subjects: Robotics – Mechanical Engineering – Mechanics – Computer Science – Artificial Intelligence - Applications

 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Computer Science, University of Almeria, Almeria, Spain

    Ramón González, Francisco Rodríguez, José Luis Guzmán

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Autonomous Tracked Robots in Planar Off-Road Conditions

  • Book Subtitle: Modelling, Localization, and Motion Control

  • Authors: Ramón González, Francisco Rodríguez, José Luis Guzmán

  • Series Title: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06038-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-06037-8Published: 03 April 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38332-3Published: 24 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-06038-5Published: 22 March 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2198-4182

  • Series E-ISSN: 2198-4190

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 119

  • Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Robotics and Automation, Control and Systems Theory

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eBook USD 84.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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