Design and Simulation of a New Hybrid Mobile Robot for Overpassing Obstacles

In this paper the design and simulation are presented for a 1-DOF leg-wheel walking machine. A dynamic simulation has been proposed for a low-cost robot, which is capable of a straight walking with only one actuator. Suitable simulations have been carried out to verify the operation of the prototype in several environments.

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