Docking Unit Joining Omni Wheel Robot and Mobile Robot

Naoki Igo; Daichi Fujita; Ryoma Hanabusa; Yasuto Nagase; Satoshi Mitsui; Toshifumi Satake

doi:10.25042/epi-ije.082019.07

Naoki Igo Department of Systems, Control and Information Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Asahikawa College
Daichi Fujita Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems, Waseda University
Ryoma Hanabusa Advanced Course of Production System Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Asahikawa College
Yasuto Nagase Advanced Course of Production System Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Asahikawa College
Satoshi Mitsui Department of Systems, Control and Information Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Asahikawa College
Toshifumi Satake Department of Systems, Control and Information Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Asahikawa College

DOI: https://doi.org/10.25042/epi-ije.082019.07

Keywords: Docking unit, omni wheel robot, mobile robot

Abstract

This research realizes a docking unit joining omni wheel robot and mobile robot. The omni wheel robot cannot move on rough ground. In order to move on rough ground, a mobile robot that can move with the omni wheel robot is required. The docking unit aims at a unit that can be used without remodeling omni wheel robot. The docking unit realized by this research can store the fixed part of the omni wheel robot. When omni wheel robot is mounted, the mounting surface is flat because the fixed parts are stored, and the omni wheel robot can be mounted by sliding. As a result, we designed a mechanism to connect the fixed parts to store the parts that fix the omni wheel robot. And the fixed parts with the mechanism were made.