Caterpillar movers is a widespread variant of implementing conveying mechanisms for lifting, construction and road vehicles, which has number advantages in comparison with rail-wheeled, pneumatic-wheeled stepping mechanisms, particular, it does not require working platforms improved driving qualities when moving over rough terrain. This paper proposes an inversion approach to the traction calcu...

We describe in detail a novel kinematic simulation of a three-wheeled mobile robot moving on extremely uneven terrain. The purpose of this simulation is to test a new concept, called Passive Variable Camber (PVC), for reducing undesirable wheel slip. PVC adds an extra degree of freedom at each wheel/platform joint, thereby allowing the wheel to tilt laterally. This extra motion allows the vehic...

Purpose: The issues to provide safety and security of wheeled vehicles transportation on open rolling stock railways are considered. It’s been established that calculation method does not take into account fully the interaction bracing elements with vehicles, placed in a car, as well absence or non-actuation brakes (brake system faulty state). New calculated scheme is proposed for determining l...

Legged locomotion is used by biological systems since millions of years, but wheeled locomotion vehicles are so familiar in our modern life, that people have developed a sort of dependence on this form of locomotion and transportation. However, wheeled vehicles require paved surfaces, which are obtained through a suitable modification of the natural environment. Thus, walking machines are more ...