Locomotion Performance of a Configurable Paddle-Wheel Robot over Dry Sandy Terrain

Yayi Shen,Shugen Ma,Guoteng Zhang,Syuya Inoue,Yayi Shen,Shugen Ma,Guoteng Zhang,Syuya Inoue

To access rough terrain and enhance the mobility in sandy terrain, a configurable paddle-wheel robot was pro-posed. This report addresses the paddle terradynamics, and the experimental verification of the locomotion performance of the robot over dry sandy terrain. To study the interactive forces between the paddle and the media, a terradynamic model is built and verified through experiments. To ex...