Validation of Tumbling Robot Dynamics with Posture Manipulation for Closed-Loop Heading Angle Control

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Main Authors: Salagame, Adarsh, Sihite, Eric, Ramezani, Alireza
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Published: 2024
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author Salagame, Adarsh
Sihite, Eric
Ramezani, Alireza
author_facet Salagame, Adarsh
Sihite, Eric
Ramezani, Alireza
contents Navigating rugged terrain and steep slopes is a challenge for mobile robots. Conventional legged and wheeled systems struggle with these environments due to limited traction and stability. Northeastern University's COBRA (Crater Observing Bio-inspired Rolling Articulator), a novel multi-modal snake-like robot, addresses these issues by combining traditional snake gaits for locomotion on flat and inclined surfaces with a tumbling mode for controlled descent on steep slopes. Through dynamic posture manipulation, COBRA can modulate its heading angle and velocity during tumbling. This paper presents a reduced-order cascade model for COBRA's tumbling locomotion and validates it against a high-fidelity rigid-body simulation, presenting simulation results that show that the model captures key system dynamics.
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spellingShingle Validation of Tumbling Robot Dynamics with Posture Manipulation for Closed-Loop Heading Angle Control
Salagame, Adarsh
Sihite, Eric
Ramezani, Alireza
Robotics
Systems and Control
Navigating rugged terrain and steep slopes is a challenge for mobile robots. Conventional legged and wheeled systems struggle with these environments due to limited traction and stability. Northeastern University's COBRA (Crater Observing Bio-inspired Rolling Articulator), a novel multi-modal snake-like robot, addresses these issues by combining traditional snake gaits for locomotion on flat and inclined surfaces with a tumbling mode for controlled descent on steep slopes. Through dynamic posture manipulation, COBRA can modulate its heading angle and velocity during tumbling. This paper presents a reduced-order cascade model for COBRA's tumbling locomotion and validates it against a high-fidelity rigid-body simulation, presenting simulation results that show that the model captures key system dynamics.
title Validation of Tumbling Robot Dynamics with Posture Manipulation for Closed-Loop Heading Angle Control
topic Robotics
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.12970