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Design of a terrain tentative sensing machine/sensor for a mobile robot

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TTSMS is a typical four-link terrain tentative sensing machine/sensor. It can sense some parameters of the front terrain for mobile robots and simply process the sensing data to obtain a simple model of the terrain, and then instruct the robot to operate accurately in the uncertain terrain. The TTSMS features a simple structure and the capability of sensing a convexity-terrain. The principle of the TTSMS, its mechanical structure, the adoption of its parameters and the terrain-restriction condition of TTSMS are introduced in this paper. The TTSMS resolved the key problem of sensing obstacles in real time for mobile robots moving in a three-dimensional terrain environment .

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  1. Research Institute of Robotics, Class: A0206021(mail box: 109), Shanghai Jiaotong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai, 200030, P.R. China

    Feng-bin Qiao, Ting-Kai Xia, Ru-Qing Yang & Zheng-Fei Xu

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Qiao, Fb., Xia, TK., Yang, RQ. et al. Design of a terrain tentative sensing machine/sensor for a mobile robot. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 27, 588–592 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-004-2205-5

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