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In order to move in tight areas and to avoid obstacles mobile robots should have good mobility and maneuverability. These capabilities mainly depend on the wheels design. Research is continuously going on in this field, to improve the autonomous navigation capability of mobile robotic systems. This paper provides some information about the mechanical design of an omni-directional robot, about its kinematics, as well as about its electronics and control strategies. This report is the result of a research conducted at the Robotics Laboratory of the Mechanical Engineering Faculty, “Gh. Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, Romania.
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This paper is supported by The National University Research Council, through the PNII-IDEI research grant, No. 84/01.10.2007.
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Doroftei, I. (2010). Conceptual Design of an Omni-directional Mobile Robot. In: Visa, I. (eds) SYROM 2009. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3522-6_8
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