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"Uranus"

1985
An omni-directional mobile robot.
Using Mecanum wheels from Sweden.

Wireless.
Four wheel drive.
1 kW per motor.
Four wheel independent suspension.
100 kg payload.

Conceptual Design: Gregg Podnar
Mechanical Design: Gregg Podnar
Electrical Design: Gregg Podnar
Power Elecctronics: Gregg Podnar
Computing: Mike Blackwell

Muir, P. F. and C. P. Neuman (1987). Kinematic Modeling for Feedback Control of an Omnidirection Wheeled Mobile Robot
IEEE Intenational Conference on Robotics and Automation.

Patrick Muir and Charles P. Neuman, Kinematic Modeling of Wheeled Mobile Robots,
Annual Report, technical report CMU-RI-TR-86-12,
Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, February, 1986.

Gregg Podnar, The Neptune Mobile Robot,
Annual Report, technical report CMU-RI-TR-86-04, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, February 1985, pp.123-125.

Gregg Podnar, The URANUS Mobile Robot,
Annual Report, technical report CMU-RI-TR-86-04, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, February 1985, pp.127-129.

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