Helse Wheels: Family of mechanisms to implement variable geometry hybrid wheels

Abstract

This paper presents a family of mechanisms of two degrees of freedom for implementing variable geometry hybrid wheels. These mechanisms are capable of transforming a circular wheel into a hybrid wheel with multiple legs. In this paper we describe the main attributes and advantages of these mechanisms, which we named HeIse Wheels. In addition, various terms and concepts related to the mathematical modeling of these devices are defined. The family of mechanisms consists of 14 original designs, which represent a sound solution to the problem of wheel-hybrid wheel transformation.


This paper presents a family of mechanisms of two degrees of freedom for implementing variable geometry hybrid wheels. These mechanisms are capable of transforming a circular wheel into a hybrid wheel with multiple legs. In this paper we describe the main attributes and advantages of these mechanisms, which we named HeIse Wheels. In addition, various terms and concepts related to the mathematical modeling of these devices are defined. The family of mechanisms consists of 14 original designs, which represent a sound solution to the problem of wheel-hybrid wheel transformation.

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Keywords

mobile robotics, hybrid wheels, transformables, mobile robotics, hybrid wheels, transformables

Sponsorship

El primer autor desea agradecer a PRODEP Mexico por el ´ financiamiento para esta investigacion. Tambi ´ en el apoyo del ´ Dr. E. Camporredondo y la asistencia de los estudiantes O. Zendejo y M. Saucedo.
El primer autor desea agradecer a PRODEP Mexico por el ´ financiamiento para esta investigacion. Tambi ´ en el apoyo del ´ Dr. E. Camporredondo y la asistencia de los estudiantes O. Zendejo y M. Saucedo.

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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Citation

Héctor A. Moreno Avalos, Isela G. Carrera Calderón, J. Alfonso Pámanes García, José Baca. 2018. HeIse Wheels: a Family of Mechanisms for Implementing Variable Geometry Hybrid Wheels. Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial 15, 427-438. https://doi.org/10.4995/ riai.2017.8798
Héctor A. Moreno Avalos, Isela G. Carrera Calderón, J. Alfonso Pámanes García, José Baca. 2018. HeIse Wheels: a Family of Mechanisms for Implementing Variable Geometry Hybrid Wheels. Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial 15, 427-438. https://doi.org/10.4995/ riai.2017.8798