A transformable human-carrying wheel–leg mobility for daily use
Noriaki Imaoka,Kohei Kimura,Shintaro Noda,Yohei Kakiuchi,Masayuki Inaba,Takeshi Ando,Noriaki Imaoka,Kohei Kimura,Shintaro Noda,Yohei Kakiuchi,Masayuki Inaba,Takeshi Ando
There is increasing demand for robots that provide a mode of transportation in environments in which people coexist. However, conventional mobile robots, especially those carrying people, are limited in terms of their environments and tasks. For example, wheeled robots are limited to moving on flat ground. Walking robots are limited to entertainment and so on. The originality of the present paper ...