Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : June 02, 2018 - June 05, 2018
In general, the autonomous robots charge their batteries by using exclusive docking stations. However, these robots's operating range are limited around charging station's area and it takes cost each time to set up a new charging point. In previous researches, to solve those problems, we suggested a new charging method called “Plugin-docking system” that inserts charging plug into outlet directly with three-dimensional control with the Active-Caster Omnidirectional Robot. In this paper, we propose control methods in order to enable plugin-docking motion in various outlet cases. Also, we show the effectiveness of the proposed methods by experiments.
