Relative velocity-based reward functions for crowd navigation of robots

TL;DR

This paper develops an energy consumption model for Mecanum wheel robots considering various factors, validated experimentally, to enhance energy efficiency and enable better path and task planning.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive energy consumption model for Mecanum wheel robots that accounts for multiple operational factors, validated with high accuracy.

Findings

Model achieves 90% accuracy in predicting energy consumption.

Incorporating environmental factors improves energy prediction.

Model supports energy-efficient path and task planning.

Abstract

The four-wheeled Mecanum robot is widely used in various industries due to its maneuverability and strong load capacity, which is suitable for performing precise transportation tasks in a narrow environment, but while the Mecanum wheel robot has mobility, it also consumes more energy than ordinary robots. The power consumed by the Mecanum wheel mobile robot varies enormously depending on their operating regimes and environments. Therefore, only knowing the working environment of the robot and the accurate power consumption model can we accurately predict the power consumption of the robot. In order to increase the appli-cable scenarios of energy consumption modeling for Mecanum wheel robots and improve the accuracy of energy consumption modeling, this paper focuses on various factors that affect the energy consumption of the Mecanum wheel robot, such as motor temperature, terrain, the center of gravity position, etc. The model is derived from the kinematic and kinetic model combined with electrical engineering and energy flow principles. The model has been simulated in MATLAB and experimentally validated with the four-wheeled Mecanum robot platform in our lab. Experimental results show that the model is 90% accurate. The results of energy consumption modeling can help robots to save energy by helping them to perform rational path planning and task planning.