Vehicle maneuverability evaluation of the combination of skid-steer and push-pull steering system

Abstract

In this work, we studied vehicle maneuverability of an innovative push-pull steering system. In the past work, we developed a new assisted human powered vehicle with the steering system. There are two ways of steering in this vehicle, and the handling mechanisms are different. One is push-pull steering, and the other is skid-steer. We investigated the feature of both ways of steering from the ergonomics perspective and evaluated vehicle maneuverability of the steering combination. From the experiment, we observed that the combination with skidsteer required less force to steer. Therefore, it is more efficient to steer by the combination of skid-steer and push-pull steering. This article was presented at the JSME TRANSLOG 2015 on December 11, 2015.