4 accepted papers
While soft-shelled spherical robots offer promising mobility and robustness for planetary exploration, large-scale, mission-capable robots present several design challenges. This paper presents the design, manufacturing, and performance evaluation of multiple soft outer shell iterations for RoboBall
Accurate dynamic modeling of soft-shelled spherical robots is challenging due to coupled rigid–soft body interactions and pressure-dependent contact behavior. This letter presents a modeling strategy for an empirically tuned pendulum-driven inflatable spherical robot. The approach combines a rigid-b
Replacing spherical robots' hard shells with soft, pressurized tires has the potential to improve their off-road practicality immensely. This change leverages spherical robots as a simple and rugged solution to problems currently addressed using wheeled or tracked vehicles. Though numerous prototype
Spherical robots are a different type of mobility platform. A spherical robot is self-contained within its shell rather than relying on a chassis with wheels to navigate. In this shell, it is completely shielded from dust and the environment. This benefit of geometric simplicity has led to the spher…