Hybrid Mobile Robot Mechanism

Provides a brief background to the field of mobile robots along with examples of existing types of design architectures. Introduces a conceptual function-oriented analysis that outlines a summary of existing issues related to tracked mobile robots. Describes the design resulting from the analysis of

Design and Analysis of a Hybrid Mobile Robot Mechanism With Compounded Locomotion and Manipulation Capability

Elaborate dissertation which provides a detailed mechanical design and outlines the development of a new systematic approach for a modular control architecture. The experimental setup and results that corroborate the hypothesis of this work are discussed and the conclusions presented.