Longitudinal slip versus skid of planetary rovers' wheels traversing on deformable slopes

The wheels of planetary rovers will slip when they climbs up deformable slopes. On the contrary, the wheels will skid in the longitudinal direction in order to generate resistance force to balance the gravity component when a rover moves down the slopes. The wheel-terrain interaction principles of s...

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Main Authors: Liang Ding, Haibo Gao, Zongquan Deng, Junlong Guo, Guangjun Liu
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Force
Mobile robots
Resistance
Soil
Stress
Wheels
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Summary:The wheels of planetary rovers will slip when they climbs up deformable slopes. On the contrary, the wheels will skid in the longitudinal direction in order to generate resistance force to balance the gravity component when a rover moves down the slopes. The wheel-terrain interaction principles of slip versus skid are quite different, but there is little research about the longitudinal skid mechanics and the relationship of it with the slip mechanics. This paper analyzes the problem of longitudinal slip and skid that occur to a wheel on the slopes with the knowledge of terramechanics. The slip and skid mechanics are compared based on experimental results measured by a single wheel testbed. The piece wise linear function is proposed to predict the drawbar pull and resistance moment under both slip and skid conditions. A semi-empirical equation of predicting the skid mechanics according to the slip mechanics is also provided. The models are verified using the experimental data.
ISSN:2153-0858
2153-0866
DOI:10.1109/IROS.2013.6696758