Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vaslin, Philippe, N'Chot, Denis, Lenain, Roland, Fauroux, Jean-Christophe, Bassit, Lama Al
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
Subjects:
Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.13650
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866916133433507840
author Vaslin, Philippe
N'Chot, Denis
Lenain, Roland
Fauroux, Jean-Christophe
Bassit, Lama Al
author_facet Vaslin, Philippe
N'Chot, Denis
Lenain, Roland
Fauroux, Jean-Christophe
Bassit, Lama Al
contents Unmanned ground vehicle obstacle crossing generally relies on two strategies: (i) applying a wheel torque for climbing and (ii) modifying the vehicle shape by using a wheel-leg or wheel-paddle to lift the wheel on top of the obstacle. However, most of those strategies sacrifice speed in order to have a longer contact duration between the wheels and the obstacle. This paper investigates the behaviour of a 4WD high-speed vehicle while crossing a step obstacle using a design of experiment (DoE). A 3D multibody vehicle model is equipped with a novel 2-DoF suspension system, which horizontal damping coefficient is modify to dampen wheel motion in longitudinal and vertical directions in relation to the chassis, for a given speed and obstacle height. The DoE results allow to propose a novel high-speed obstacle crossing strategy based on three metrics: (i) the kinetic energy variation of the vehicle, (ii) the contact duration between the wheel and the obstacle, and (iii) the pitch rate at the start of the ballistic phase. Experimental function are proposed to be able modify these metric in real time.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2402_13650
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Obstacle crossing strategies for high-speed 4WD small-scale vehicle
Vaslin, Philippe
N'Chot, Denis
Lenain, Roland
Fauroux, Jean-Christophe
Bassit, Lama Al
Robotics
Unmanned ground vehicle obstacle crossing generally relies on two strategies: (i) applying a wheel torque for climbing and (ii) modifying the vehicle shape by using a wheel-leg or wheel-paddle to lift the wheel on top of the obstacle. However, most of those strategies sacrifice speed in order to have a longer contact duration between the wheels and the obstacle. This paper investigates the behaviour of a 4WD high-speed vehicle while crossing a step obstacle using a design of experiment (DoE). A 3D multibody vehicle model is equipped with a novel 2-DoF suspension system, which horizontal damping coefficient is modify to dampen wheel motion in longitudinal and vertical directions in relation to the chassis, for a given speed and obstacle height. The DoE results allow to propose a novel high-speed obstacle crossing strategy based on three metrics: (i) the kinetic energy variation of the vehicle, (ii) the contact duration between the wheel and the obstacle, and (iii) the pitch rate at the start of the ballistic phase. Experimental function are proposed to be able modify these metric in real time.
title Obstacle crossing strategies for high-speed 4WD small-scale vehicle
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.13650