Shelled structure for flexible mono-tread mobile track

A novel traveling wave piezoelectric actuated tracked mobile robot utilizing friction effect

“…Commonly utilized driving systems [5] for robotic rovers mainly include wheeled [6][7][8][9][10], legged [11][12][13] and tracked [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] types, with the former two widely adopted in the lunar rover design. Wheeled mechanism with the ability to achieve accelerated speeds, precision maneuverability and distinct effectiveness benefits from ground wheeled vehicle design methods [8,9].…”

“…Therefore, tracked robots are expected to be professional and domestic service robotics that could be applied in the areas of rescue, service and exploration. According to the number of tracks used in the system, tracked robot can generally be classified into three types: single-track robot [20], double-track robot [21,22], and multitrack robot [23,24]. Kinugasa et al [20] proposed a flexible single-track robot, which could be able to turn and climb over obstacles in three dimensions due to the bendable, flexible and shelled track mechanism.…”

“…According to the number of tracks used in the system, tracked robot can generally be classified into three types: single-track robot [20], double-track robot [21,22], and multitrack robot [23,24]. Kinugasa et al [20] proposed a flexible single-track robot, which could be able to turn and climb over obstacles in three dimensions due to the bendable, flexible and shelled track mechanism. This robot was paid attention on the applications of search and rescue activities and planetary exploration.…”