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Project Presentation On Rocker Bogie Suspension System: Babu Banarasi Das Northern India Institute of Technology, Lucknow

The presentation summarizes the rocker bogie suspension system. The system allows six-wheeled vehicles to maintain contact with uneven terrain and climb over obstacles. It uses linked rockers and bogies to provide independent wheel movement. The project aims to optimize the design to increase speed while preventing the vehicle from flipping. Key components include shafts, links, bearings, motors, and wheels. Calculations are performed to size the parts. Potential applications include planetary rovers, mining vehicles, and military robots. The design provides stable, reliable motion over rough ground.

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Project Presentation On Rocker Bogie Suspension System: Babu Banarasi Das Northern India Institute of Technology, Lucknow

The presentation summarizes the rocker bogie suspension system. The system allows six-wheeled vehicles to maintain contact with uneven terrain and climb over obstacles. It uses linked rockers and bogies to provide independent wheel movement. The project aims to optimize the design to increase speed while preventing the vehicle from flipping. Key components include shafts, links, bearings, motors, and wheels. Calculations are performed to size the parts. Potential applications include planetary rovers, mining vehicles, and military robots. The design provides stable, reliable motion over rough ground.

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PROJECT PRESENTATION ON

ROCKER BOGIE SUSPENSION SYSTEM

Sonal Keshari (1405640158)


Anoop Singh (1405640035)
Noman Khan (1405640089)
Mohd Ibrahim (1405640083)

Under the Guidance of


Mr.Ravi Vishwakarma
(Asst. professor)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Babu Banarasi Das Northern India Institute of
Technology, Lucknow
CONTENTS TO BE COVERED

1. Abstract
2. Introduction
3. Literature Review
4. Methodology
5. Objective
6. Project Work
7. Components
8. Calculation
9. Application
10. Advantages
1. ABSTRACT

• The rocker bogie suspension mechanism is currently NASA’s favoured design


for wheeled mobiled robot.

• It is capable of overcoming obstacles that are on the order of size of a


wheel.when surmounting a sizable obstacle the vehicles motion stop while the
front wheel climb the obstacle.

• To sustain a tilt of over 50deg without tipping over the sideways.


2. INTRODUCTION
•The rocker-bogie suspension system was first used for the Mars Rover and is
currently NASA’s favoured design for rover wheel suspension.

• The intelligently designed wheel suspension allows the vehicle to traverse


over very uneven or rough terrain and even climb over obstacles.

•It is a mechanism that enables a six-wheeled vehicle to passively keep


all six wheels in contact with a surface even when driving on severely
uneven terrain.

•These robots are mainly used for tasks which humans cannot do and
which are not safe.

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Fig.1 Structure with assembly of all required equipments 5
3. LITERATURE REVIEW

The rocker bogie is the suspension arrangement used in Mars


Rovers(mechanical robot) introduced for the mars pathfinder and also used in
the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) and Mars Science Laboratory Mission
(MSL). It is currently NASA’s favoured design.

The term “rocker” comes from the rocking aspect of the larger link on each
side of the suspension system. One end of a rocker is fitted with a drive wheel
and the other end is pivoted to a bogie. The term “bogie” refers to the links that
have a drive wheel at each end.

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4. METHODOLOGY

•The rover must maintain good wheel traction in challenging rough terrains.

•If traction is too high, the vehicle consumes a lot of power in order to
overcome the force and move.

•If traction is too low, the rover is not able to climb over obstacles or inclined
surfaces.

•Slip occurs when the traction force at a wheel-terrain contact point is larger
than the product of the normal force at the same wheel and the friction
coefficient. Hence, no slip occurs if the condition
Ti ≤ μNi
is satisfied.

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•The rover is said to be stable when it is in a quasi-static state in which it
does not tilt over.

•The lateral stability of the rover ensures that the rover does not tip
sideways. As the rover has two symmetric sides, the geometric model is used
to find the lateral stability of the vehicle.

• Lateral stability is computed by finding the minimum allowed angle


on the slope before the rover tips over.

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Mobility

•In order to go over an obstacle, the front wheels are forced against the obstacle
by the rear wheels. The rotation of the front wheel then lifts the front of the
vehicle up and over the obstacle.

•The middle wheel is pressed against the obstacle by the rear wheel and pulled
against the obstacle by the front.

•Finally, the rear wheel is pulled over the obstacle by the front two wheels.

•These rovers move slowly and climb over the obstacles by having wheel.

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5. OBJECTIVE OF PROJECT WORK
.

•The rovers made for the exploration purposes are very costly too. Due to the
high cost of space exploration, most missions to date have been conducted by
NASA .

•We, in India have not conducted any mission for the exploration purposes.
Not only mars exploration the rocker bogie can also be used for military and
civil purposes.

•Our concern during the development of the rover will be to optimise the
speed such that the rover do not flip and may travel a little faster too.

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6. PROJECT WORK

Fig.-2 Side View of Rocker Bogie Suspension System


Fig.-3 Top View of Rocker Bogie Suspension System
Fig.-4 Front View of Rocker Bogie Suspension System
7. COMPONENTS
SHAFT
A shaft is a rotating machine element, usually circular in cross section, which is used to
transmit power from one part to other, or from a machine which produces power to a machine
which absorb power. Mild steel is used for shaft. Dimension (Length=22cm, diameter=2cm)

LINK
Each resistant body in a machine which moves relative to another resistant body is Fig.-5 SHAFT
called Kinematic link or element . Mild steel is used for making link.

Fig.-6 LINK

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BEARING
A bearing is a machine element that constrains relative motion
to only the desired motion, and reduces friction between
moving parts.
BEARING USED-Roller Ball Bearing

MOTOR Fig.- 7 BEARING


Motor is a device which is used to convert electrical energy
into mechanical energy.
Specification-Gear motor
BMES BO MOTOR 3-12V DC 30 RPM

WHEEL Fig.-8 DC MOTOR


A circular object that revolves on an axle and is fixed below a
vehicle or other object to enable it to move over the ground.
Radius-35cm

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Fig.-9 WHEELS
8. CALCULATION

Fig.-10 Calculation Chart


3. Length of
Links

Fig.-11 DIMENSIONING OF PARTS


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9. APPLICATION
•This rover has larger wheel as compared to obstacles, It can easily operate
over most of the Martian rocks.

•It is also used in coal mines, act as a spy robot and in military operation too.

•With some developments like attaching arms to the rover it can be


made useful for the Bomb Diffusing Squad .

•We could develop it into a Wheel Chair too.

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10. ADVANTAGE
• This mechanism allows climbing obstacles twice the size of wheel diameter
• Does not employ springs and stub axles.
• Independent movement of rocker on either sides of the bogie
• The front and back wheels have individual drives for climbing, enabling the
rover to traverse obstacle without slip
• The design is simple and reliable
• Rocker Bogie Suspension can withstand a tilt of at least 50 in any
direction without over turning, which is the biggest advantage of heavy
loaded vehicle.

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THANK YOU

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