The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec)
Online ISSN : 2424-3124
2008
Session ID : 2P1-C02
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2P1-C02 Open Type Variably Configured Segmented Wheel for Snow Travel
Shotaro TAKAOKATakahiro KAWASEHiroshi TSUKAMOTOKazuya HORIKAWATaro IWAMOTO
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A Variably Configured Segmented Wheel (VCSW) seems to be useful for traveling on a snowy road. It can prevent slips and can remove covered snow. But a lump of snow is remaining in ordinal VCSW which disturbs the flow of removed snow. The newly designed VCSW is developed. The vane control mechanism is relocated from the center position to one side of the wheel. The other side of the wheel is vacant and the removed snow is discharged easily. We proposed two types of mechanical design. The effects of these new VCSWs are tested by some experiments.
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© 2008 The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
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