Currently, the application of mobile ground robots spans a range of fields from surveillance,
search and rescue, exploration, agriculture, military among others. In unstructured and …

On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake (magnitude 9.0) and accompanying tsunami hit
the Tohoku region of eastern Japan. Since then, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power …

The world market of mobile robotics is expected to increase substantially in the next 20 yr,
surpassing the market of industrial robotics in terms of units and sales. Important fields of …

Stair climbing is one of the most challenging tasks for vehicles, especially when transporting
people and heavy loads. Although many solutions have been proposed and demonstrated …

A rescue crawler robot with flipper arms has high ability to get over rough terrain, but it is
hard to control its flipper arms in remote control. The authors aim at development of a semi …

This study presents a new mobile robot with passively articulated driving tracks for high
terrainability (TA) and maneuverability (MA) on unstructured, rough terrain. The mobile robot …

The main aim of the current study is to analyze the effect of SCC on the large information
analysis capability and to analyze the impact of this big data analytics capability on the …

Tracked vehicles are frequently used as search‐and‐rescue robots for exploring disaster
areas. To enhance their ability to traverse rough terrain, some of these robots are equipped …

In recent years, the interaction of a human operator with teleoperated robotic systems has
been much improved. One of the factors influencing this improvement is the addition of force …

For tracked vehicles moving over rough terrain, it is important to avoid rollovers and rapid
motion. To realize smooth locomotion on rough terrain, some tracked vehicles are equipped …