Physical Reservoir Computing in Hook-Shaped Rover Wheel Spokes for Real-Time Terrain Identification
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| author | Jin, Xiao Wang, Zihan Yu, Zhenhua Choi, Changrak Carpenter, Kalind Nanayakkara, Thrishantha |
| author_facet | Jin, Xiao Wang, Zihan Yu, Zhenhua Choi, Changrak Carpenter, Kalind Nanayakkara, Thrishantha |
| contents | Effective terrain detection in unknown environments is crucial for safe and efficient robotic navigation. Traditional methods often rely on computationally intensive data processing, requiring extensive onboard computational capacity and limiting real-time performance for rovers. This study presents a novel approach that combines physical reservoir computing with piezoelectric sensors embedded in rover wheel spokes for real-time terrain identification. By leveraging wheel dynamics, terrain-induced vibrations are transformed into high-dimensional features for machine learning-based classification. Experimental results show that strategically placing three sensors on the wheel spokes achieves 90$\%$ classification accuracy, which demonstrates the accuracy and feasibility of the proposed method. The experiment results also showed that the system can effectively distinguish known terrains and identify unknown terrains by analyzing their similarity to learned categories. This method provides a robust, low-power framework for real-time terrain classification and roughness estimation in unstructured environments, enhancing rover autonomy and adaptability. |
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| publishDate | 2025 |
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| spellingShingle | Physical Reservoir Computing in Hook-Shaped Rover Wheel Spokes for Real-Time Terrain Identification Jin, Xiao Wang, Zihan Yu, Zhenhua Choi, Changrak Carpenter, Kalind Nanayakkara, Thrishantha Robotics Effective terrain detection in unknown environments is crucial for safe and efficient robotic navigation. Traditional methods often rely on computationally intensive data processing, requiring extensive onboard computational capacity and limiting real-time performance for rovers. This study presents a novel approach that combines physical reservoir computing with piezoelectric sensors embedded in rover wheel spokes for real-time terrain identification. By leveraging wheel dynamics, terrain-induced vibrations are transformed into high-dimensional features for machine learning-based classification. Experimental results show that strategically placing three sensors on the wheel spokes achieves 90$\%$ classification accuracy, which demonstrates the accuracy and feasibility of the proposed method. The experiment results also showed that the system can effectively distinguish known terrains and identify unknown terrains by analyzing their similarity to learned categories. This method provides a robust, low-power framework for real-time terrain classification and roughness estimation in unstructured environments, enhancing rover autonomy and adaptability. |
| title | Physical Reservoir Computing in Hook-Shaped Rover Wheel Spokes for Real-Time Terrain Identification |
| topic | Robotics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.13348 |