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A common challenge for autonomous mobile ground robots in unstructured environments is the traversal of obstacles without risking to tip over. Previous research on prevention of vehicle tip-over is mostly limited to basic mobility systems with only few degrees of freedom (DOF). In this paper, a novel whole-body motion planning approach is presented. Based on a 3D world model and a given planned path, the trajectories of all joints are optimized to maximize robot stability. The resulting motion plan allows the robot to cross obstacles without tipping over. Compared to existing approaches, the proposed approach considers environment- and self-collisions during planning. Few assumptions about the robot configuration are made which enables the adoption to different mobile platforms. This approach is evaluated for a simulated and a real robot. The platform is a tracked vehicle with adjustable flippers and a five DOF manipulator arm. In several test scenarios, it is shown that the proposed approach effectively prevents tip-over and increases robot stability.
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Oehler, M., Kohlbrecher, S., von Stryk, O. (2020). Whole-Body Planning for Obstacle Traversal with Autonomous Mobile Ground Robots. In: Berns, K., Görges, D. (eds) Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics. RAAD 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 980. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19648-6_29
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