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Rover are robots that are free to move around its environment by spinning its wheels or something similar to wheels. How many wheels and in what arrangement are design decisions that can have a major effect on how the rover moves. How the rover contacts the ground will determine friction and traction, allowing or preventing it from moving.
Kinds of Rover Wheels:
Hard Smooth Wheels
Roller Ball
Caster Wheel
Soft Elastic/Tires Wheels
Textured/Traction Wheels
Omni Wheels
Mechanum Wheel
Tank Treads
Robot Chassis Designs:
1 Wheel
Ball Bot
BB8
Unicycle
Monocycle
2 Wheels
Segway
Segway
Bicycle
Tank Treads
3 Wheels
Standard Lego Robot
Tricycle
(2 rear wheel drive,
1 front wheel steering)
Trike
(1 rear wheel drive,
2 front wheel steering)
Omni Directional Robot
4 wheels
Square Bot - 2 or 4 wheel drive
4 textured Wheels or 2 textured wheels, 2 omni wheels
Steering (like on automobiles)
Rear wheel drive, front wheel steering
All Wheel Drive & Front Steering
Front wheel drive & steering
Swerve Drive - 4 wheel drive, 4 wheel steering
Mechanum - 4 mechanum wheels
X- Drive (Omni wheels) - two pairs of Omni wheels at 90 degrees to each other
5 Wheels
H-Drive (omni wheels) -
4 parallel Omni wheels with
1 perpendicular Omni wheels
6 Wheels
Tilting - middle wheels are lower then the other 4.
Robot will tilt forward or backwards.
4 wheels driving forward or back.
2 wheels spin in place.
Also called "West Coast Drive"
Rocker Bogie - this six wheel design has two pivot points to allow the wheels to maintain contact with the group, even over rough terrain. This is the chassis of the Mars Rovers.
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