Dynamic Rocker-Bogie: Kinematical Analysis in a High-Speed Traversal Stability Enhancement by Sunxin Wang, Yan Li

“…The rocker-bogie suspension system has robust capabilities to deal with uneven terrain because of its distributing of the payload over its six wheels uniformly, while there is one major shortcoming to high-speed traversal over the planar terrain. …”
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Shorter Path Design and Control for an Underactuated Satellite by Jung-Hyung Lee, Donghoon Kim, Jichul Kim, Hwa-Suk Oh

“…For a spacecraft actuating with wheels, the form of each submaneuver should be a pure single axis rotation since the failed axis should not be perturbed. …”
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Study on a Moving Mechanism of Movable Disk of Steel Bar Cage Rolling Welder in Construction by Wang Demin, Wang Pengyu, Liu Rongshuai, Wu Honggang

“…The main core component of the device is a chain transmission mechanism,comprises two chains fixed on the lower track of the movable disk and two groups of sprockets arranged on the side wall of the movable disk base and are mutually mirror symmetrical,wherein each group of sprocket wheels comprises a driving sprocket and two supporting sprockets. …”
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Assessment of changes in soil contact stress depending on tractor tire parameters by Savelii Kukharets, Andrii Zabrodskyi, Bohdan Sheludchenko, Algirdas Jasinskas, Rolandas Domeika, Egidijus Šarauskis

“…Therefore, it is important to clearly establish how the tractor wheels affect the soil. The experiments were conducted on the sandy loam soil by using CLAAS Xerion 5000 tractor with TRELLEBORG IF 900/60 R42 tires with internal pressures varying from 0.08 to 0.24 MPa in 0.04 MPa increments. …”
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Dynamics and Statics Analysis of Manipulator of Coalmine Detection Robot by Li Yang, Liu Sumei, Qu Dongdong, Shi Mingming

“…Aiming at the actual situation of coal mines unmanned area,a four wheels drives small space detecting robot system for collecting information and samples of the underground environment is designed and developed. …”
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Development of a Novel Squirrel-cage Doffing Robot by Yang Sicheng, Zhang Wenzeng, Cao Liguo

“…The squirrel-cage doffing mechanism mainly consists of grippers,vertical rails,driving shafts,driving chains,driving wheels and a spatial cam. The reasonable range of the structural parameters of the squirrel-cage doffing mechanism is determined by the motion analysis of the squirrel-cage doffing mechanism. …”
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Adaptive Fuzzy Path Tracking Control for Mobile Robots with Unknown Control Direction by Qifei Du, Lin Sha, Wuxi Shi, Liankun Sun

“…In order to synthesize controllers for wheeled mobile robots (WMRs), some design techniques are usually based on the assumption that the center of mass is at the center of the robot itself. …”
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Evaluation of the material’s damage in gas turbine rotors by instrumented spherical indentation by D. Nappini, G. Zonfrillo, F. Mastromatteo, I. Giovannetti

“…The components object of investigation consisted in 1st and 2nd high pressure turbine wheels made in nickel-base superalloy (Inconel 718), the spacer ring (Inconel 718) and the compressor shaft made in CrMoV low alloy steel (ASTM A471 type10). …”
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Study on the Motion Characteristic of Carbon-free Car by Wang Chensheng, Su Fang, Fan Long, Zhang Shaowu

“…To study the motion characteristics of S-typed trajectory carbon-free car,and thus to optimize the design and adjustment.Through using the steering link mechanism to achieve carbon-free car S-type trajectory motion characteristic of the steering mechanism,the mathematical model of the relationship between the crank angle and the angle of the front wheels is built and its steering mechanism characteristics simulation is carried out by using MATLAB,the relation diagram of crank angle and the front corner of the is obtained.The mathematical model of the car trajectory is established,the parameters influence on the motion trajectory and their influence law are obtained,the relevant amount of the trajectory amplitude value is found and trajectory motion simulation of the car is carried out by using MATLAB.Eventually,the optimal cosine trajectory with the pile of 0.9 m,the amplitude of 0.095 m is got,the crank length is 21 mm at this time,a theoretical guidance for S-type carbon-free car design and adjustment is provided.…”
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Modeling and Analysis of Vehicle Shimmy with Consideration of the Coupling Effects of Vehicle Body by Xiaogao Li, Ning Zhang, Xianjian Jin, Nan Chen

“…Based on the Lagrange equation, a 9-degrees-of-freedom shimmy model with consideration of the coupling effects between the motions of vehicle body and the shimmy of front wheels and a 5-degrees-of-freedom shimmy model ignoring these coupling effects for a vehicle with double-wishbone independent front suspensions are presented here to study the problem of vehicle shimmy. …”
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Comparative Estimation of Maneuverability of the Multi-Track Road Trains of Different Layout Schemes by Volodymyr Sakhno, Igor Murovanyi, Oleksandr Razboinikov, Olekcii Palamarchyk, Valerii Dembitskyi

“…Previously conducted studies established that the maneuverability indicators of the road trains can be determined on wheels rigid in the lateral direction, that is, according to kinematic models, which are based on the angles of assembly of the road train links. …”
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Exponential Fields Formulation for WMR Navigation by Edgar A. Martínez-García, Rafael Torres-Cordoba

“…In this manuscript, an autonomous navigation algorithm for wheeled mobile robots (WMR) operating in dynamic environments (indoors or structured outdoors) is formulated. …”
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Tracking Control for Mobile Robots Considering the Dynamics of All Their Subsystems: Experimental Implementation by José Rafael García-Sánchez, Ramón Silva-Ortigoza, Salvador Tavera-Mosqueda, Celso Márquez-Sánchez, Victor Manuel Hernández-Guzmán, Mayra Antonio-Cruz, Gilberto Silva-Ortigoza, Hind Taud

“…The trajectory tracking task in a wheeled mobile robot (WMR) is solved by proposing a three-level hierarchical controller that considers the mathematical model of the mechanical structure (differential drive WMR), actuators (DC motors), and power stage (DC/DC Buck power converters). …”
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The Architect, the Planner and the Bishop: the Shapers of ‘Ordinary’ Dublin, 1940–60 by Ellen Rowley

“…From the 1930s through the 1960s, Dublin’s development occurred at its periphery: wheels of narrow roadways punctuated by green spaces provided the low-density frameworks for terraced residential boxes surmounted by pitched roofs and fronted by pocket gardens. …”
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Comparative Study of Two Localization Approaches for Mobile Robots in an Indoor Environment by Eman Alhamdi, Ramdane Hedjar

“…In the last years, mobile robot localization has been developed significantly due to the need for accurate solutions to determine the position and orientation of the wheeled mobile robot (WMR) in a given environment. …”
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Early Alpine mountain bike events by Jean Saint-Martin, Frédéric Savre, Thierry Terret

“…The aim here is to reflect upon the various underlying stakes of introducing, into Alpine territory, a new physical activity that required a two-wheeled vehicle and had its roots in the spirit and values of the already existing Californian practices. …”
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ANTI-DROPPING TECHNOLOGY OF MICRO FLIPPABLE STAIR-CLIMBING ROBOT by ZHANG ShiLong, WANG JianZhong, SHI JiaDong, LIU XiaoJun

“…The Beijing Institute of Technology has developed a four-wheeled MMR which can climb stairs by flipping chassis. …”
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A survey of cybersecurity for intelligent connected-automated vehicle by Yufeng LI, Xiaoyuan LU, Chenhong CAO, Jiangtao LI, Hongyi ZHU, Nan MENG

“…(Semi-) Autonomous vehicles use a new generation of information and communication technologies to realize a full range of interactions between vehicles and cloud,vehicles and vehicles,vehicles and roads,and vehicles and pedestrian,etc.When cars started to become connected computers on wheels,network security became a major challenge,and because the scope of cyber threats extended from virtual space to physical space,the harm of cybersecurity had risen to human life.The electronic/electrical structure,in-vehicle network structure,and out-of-vehicle network structure of intelligent vehicles were introduced,the security requirements of vehicle networks were elaborated,several cyber-attacks against connected-automated vehicle (CAV) were pointed out,the available defense measures against these attacks were addressed.The advantages and disadvantages of these measures were summarized.Finally,possible defense measures and directions in the future were discussed to further ensure the security of CAV.…”
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Dampak Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Infrastruktur Pascapemekaran Wilayah Kecamatan Rowokangkung Tahun 1992-2020 by Dawud Arsalam

“…Limited economic impact: Although the wheels of government are running well, the expansion has not been able to drive significant economic growth in Rowokangkung District…”
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Simulation Analysis and Experiment Research on Hydro-Pneumatic ISD Suspension by Xiao-Liang Zhang, Juchao Liu, Jiamei Nie, Hao Wei, Long Chen

“…The results suggest that, compared with single-chamber hydro-pneumatic suspension, the hydro-pneumatic ISD one can significantly reduce the vibrations of the vehicle body and wheels, but at the expense of an excessive increase of suspension working space (SWS). …”
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