Design of Robot Vehicle Undercarriage with Ability to Operate in Broken Terrain

Abstract

This article deals with an undercarriage design of robot vehicle that will be able to work in broken terrain. It is a frequently solved problem in mechatronics. High requirements for its application in area of rescue assistance, fire fighting, in nuclear and space industry as well are taken into consideration. Within the frame of designing commercially available software, e.g., MATLAB/Simulink and SolidWorks have been used to analyze a one degree mathematical model and a six-wheeled spatial model. A series of computation have been performed to determine the appropriate stiffness and damping parameters.