Sea-Shore interface robotic design
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Authors
Bell, Timothy L.
Subjects
Robotics
Robot
Amphibious Vehicles
Mobility
Surf-Zone
Autonomous
Wheg
exoskeleton
Robot
Amphibious Vehicles
Mobility
Surf-Zone
Autonomous
Wheg
exoskeleton
Advisors
Harkins, Richard
Date of Issue
2014-06
Date
Jun-14
Publisher
Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
An exoskeleton platform was developed, prototyped and tested for mobility performance in a beachfront environment. New platform, drive-train, motor-controller and wheel design were employed in the experiment. The objective was to improve on the shortcoming of previous NPS research. Three wheel-designs were tested during fixed pattern tests on grass, concrete and sand. Data suggests that, with regard to power consumption, there is a marginal difference on preferred wheel design. The sparse print round wheel showed promise in heavy vegetation; however, the WhegTM wheel proved to be the most versatile on various terrains. This suggests that a WhegTM wheel with improved round wheel characteristics would be optimal for various beachfront terrains.
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Thesis
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Department
Physics
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.