Multi-axis Reorientation of a Free-falling Omnidirectional Wheeled Robot

Mark Charlet,Thierry Laliberté,Clément Gosselin,Mark Charlet,Thierry Laliberté,Clément Gosselin

This paper presents reorientation manoeuvres applied to an omnidirectional wheeled robot for impact mitigation during short falls. The proposed robot architecture aims to build upon recent innovations in reorientation robots to attain fast, multi-axis reorientation. Indeed, the use of omnidirectional wheels allows for simplifications to be made with respect to previous mobile robot architectures t...