Wheeled and legged robots navigate environments.
Mobile robots use wheels (differential, Ackermann, omnidirectional/mecanum), tracks or legs. Differential drive kinematics: v=(v_R+v_L)/2, ω=(v_R-v_L)/L. Concerns: odometry drift, terrain, power, payload, safety. Types: AGVs, AMRs, rovers, legged robots.
Warehouse AMRs move shelves using differential-drive bases.
Mobile robots move through environments to transport goods, inspect sites and deliver services, which extends automation beyond fixed cells.
Wheeled and legged robots navigate environments.
Mobile robots move through environments to transport goods, inspect sites and deliver services, which extends automation beyond fixed cells.
An AGV follows fixed guides or markers, while an AMR uses onboard sensing and mapping to plan its own route around obstacles.
Wheels, tracks and legs, each suited to different surfaces, speeds and obstacles.
Typical applications include moving pallets through a warehouse with autonomous guided vehicles, inspecting a pipeline with a tracked robot and patrolling a factory floor with a wheeled robot for monitoring.
Study "Robot vision" first (topic 64 of 102 in Manufacturing, Robotics & Systems). It covers the groundwork this topic builds on.
Nonholonomic constraints. Odometry. Energy.
Warehouse AMRs move shelves using differential-drive bases.
The next topic is "Localisation and mapping", which builds directly on this one.
It is classed as Intermediate in Manufacturing, Robotics & Systems (topic 65 of 102). It is an intermediate topic. Work through the beginner topics in Manufacturing, Robotics & Systems first.
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