Mobile Robots in Rough Terrain
Mobile Robots in Rough Terrain

Author: Karl Iagnemma

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2004-07-08

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9783540219682

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This monograph discusses issues related to estimation, control, and motion planning for mobile robots operating in rough terrain, with particular attention to planetary exploration rovers. Rough terrain robotics is becoming increasingly important in space exploration, and industrial applications. However, most current motion planning and control algorithms are not well suited to rough terrain mobility, since they do not consider the physical characteristics of the rover and its environment. Specific addressed topics are: wheel terrain interaction modeling, including terrain parameter estimation and wheel terrain contact angle estimation; rough terrain motion planning; articulated suspension control; and traction control. Simulation and experimental results are presented that show that the desribed algorithms lead to improved mobility for robotic systems in rough terrain.

Back to the Rough Ground
Back to the Rough Ground

Author: Joseph Dunne

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess

Published: 1997-09-01

Total Pages: 493

ISBN-13: 0268161135

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Back to the Rough Ground is a philosophical investigation of practical knowledge, with major import for professional practice and the ethical life in modern society. Its purpose is to clarify the kind of knowledge that informs good practice in a range of disciplines such as education, psychotherapy, medicine, management, and law. Through reflection on key modern thinkers who have revived cardinal insights of Aristotle, and a sustained engagement with the Philosopher himself, it presents a radical challenge to the scientistic assumptions that have dominated how these professional domains have been conceived, practiced, and institutionalized.

Rough Terrain (LP)
Rough Terrain (LP)

Author: Hadley Hoover

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-09-08

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 1387218697

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Vivacious Brigetta Ter Hoorn captivates Bram de Boer's heart until he finds her as enticing as bees do his prized tulips. But problems not easily discussed haunt the newly-weds until they wonder if their marriage will survive. Beginning in the early 1900s in Dutchville, Iowa, and reaching into the 1920s at the Rochester State Hospital, the young couple faces rough terrain and tough decisions.

Frostgrave
Frostgrave

Author: Joseph A. McCullough

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-07-20

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1472805062

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In this fantasy skirmish wargame, wizards do battle amidst the frozen ruins of the ancient city of Felstad in the hopes of discovering the treasures of a fallen empire. Each player takes on the role of a wizard from one of ten schools of magic, and builds his band of followers. The wizard's apprentice will usually accompany his master and more than a dozen other henchmen types are available for hire, from lowly thugs to heavily armoured knights and stealthy assassins. Wizards can expand their magical knowledge by unlocking ancient secrets and can learn up to 80 different spells. As they gain power and wealth, wizards can also develop their headquarters on the outskirts of the city, turning one of a dozen different basic locations into bastions of their art, equipping them with alchemical laboratories, mystical forges, astronomical telescopes and other magical resources. While individual games of Frostgrave are quick and can easily be played in an hour or two, it is by connecting these games into an ongoing campaign, that players will find the most enjoyment. The scenarios given in the book are merely the beginning of the limitless, thrilling adventures that can be found amidst the ruins of the lost city.

SLAM Techniques Application for Mobile Robot in Rough Terrain
SLAM Techniques Application for Mobile Robot in Rough Terrain

Author: Andrii Kudriashov

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-07-08

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 3030489817

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This book presents the development of SLAM-based mobile robot control systems as an integrated approach that combines the localization, mapping and motion control fields, and reviews several techniques that represent the basics of the mathematical description of wheeled robots, their navigation and path planning approaches, localization and map creating techniques. It examines SLAM paradigms and Bayesian recursive state and map estimation techniques, which include Kalman and particle filtering, and enable the development of a SLAM-based integrated system for the inspection task performed. The system’s development is divided into two phases: a single-robot approach and multirobot inspection system. The book describes an original approach to 2D SLAM in multi-floor buildings that covers each 2D level map, as well as continuous 3D pose tracking, and views the multirobot inspection system as a group of homogeneous mobile robots. The last part of the book is dedicated to multirobot map creation and the development of path planning solutions, which allow the robots’ homogeneous behavior and configuration to be used to develop a multirobot system without theoretical limitations on the number of robots used.