Intelligent mobility through omnidirectional vehicles: a research program

Nicholas S. Flann; Robert W. Gunderson; Kevin L. Moore; Carl G. Wood

doi:10.1117/12.391633

10 July 2000 Intelligent mobility through omnidirectional vehicles: a research program

Nicholas S. Flann, Robert W. Gunderson, Kevin L. Moore, Carl G. Wood

Proceedings Volume 4024, Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology II; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391633
Event: AeroSense 2000, 2000, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Beginning in FY98 and continuing in FY99, the Center for Self-Organizing and Intelligent Systems (CSOIS) at Utah State University (USU) has been funded by the US Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command's (TACOM) Intelligent Mobility Program to develop and demonstrate enhanced mobility concepts for unmanned ground vehicles (UGV). The long-range goal of the program is to develop and demonstrate enabling technologies that allow lightweight robotic and semiautonomous ground vehicles to achieve on-road and off-road mobility and survivability similar to current manned, wheeled, and tracked military vehicles, with a focus on small-scale to mid-scale vehicles. This paper describes the design concept and the performance of the T-series of robotic vehicles resulting from the TACOM Intelligent Mobility funding at USU (the T1, T2 and T3). USU-TACOM intelligent mobility concepts discussed in the paper include: (1) inherent mobility capability improvements, achieve through the unique concept of USU's omni-directional vehicle (ODV) steering design, which features six independently-controlled smart wheels; (2) intelligent mobility control, enhanced through intelligent coordination and control of each of the six wheels in the ODV vehicles; (3) global mobility control, enhanced through USU optimal multi-agent mission and mobility planning system; and (4) future mobility capability and control.

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Nicholas S. Flann, Robert W. Gunderson, Kevin L. Moore, and Carl G. Wood "Intelligent mobility through omnidirectional vehicles: a research program", Proc. SPIE 4024, Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology II, (10 July 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391633

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