抄録
This paper introduces the design considerations of an outdoor use autonomous mobile robot that travels in an athlete track at a speed of about 20 km/h. This robot is intended to use for the pace making training of long distance runners. First, based on the interview on pace running method to long-distance runner, we discussed design considerations for such robot, and decided its working environment to 400m track field. Also, we designed remote monitoring function that presents runners' condition in real time to the remote coaches. Next, we explained the prototype of mobile mechanism, and its evaluation result through experiments. Last, we described future plan of the development.
