Marian Janusz Łopatka

Concept of Implementation of Remote Control Systems into Manned Armoured Ground Tracked Vehicles

The first idea to replace the human factor in danger zone with unmanned robotized vehicles that was defined and implemented at Military University of Technology has been presented in this article. The concept of implementation of components of the remote control system to transform the main battle tank T-72 into Unmanned Ground Vehicle to perform mine clearance tasks and cross-bedding the river has been described. Some results of research of the system have been presented.

Stiffness Evaluation of Fire Rescue Robot Suspension with Hydropneumatic Components

The paper describes the wheeled rescue robot FRR drawn up by a team of Engineering Machines and Robots at Military University of Technology. It also shows a brief description of predicted for implementation tasks by FRR and probable problems that might occur and should be solved. Next the paper describes the method and the model which served to simulation evaluation of rigidity for robots suspension system. Describing the simulation model, used simplified assumptions and the method of calculating the basic parameters for model were described. The following chapter presents simulation that the model was tested through and some model results of the test. In the final phase of the article the conclusion and discussion is presented.

Preliminary Simulations of High Mobility IED Resistance Suspension with Casting Arms

Currently led military operations (Iraq and Afganistan) have shown that one of the biggest threats for vehicles moving in convoys are Improvised Explosive Devices. On the basis of experiments, it was found that there are not such structures which are completely resistant to explosion. The paper describes the concept for arms of suspension system with specially reduced construction node which undergo a controlled destruction at the time of detonation. Designing the target elements requires tests in order to determine the service load for suspension system..

Dynamics of omnidirectional unmanned rescue vehicle with mecanum wheels

The work presents the dynamic equations of motion of a unmanned six-wheeled vehicle with mecanum wheels for rescue applications derived with the of Lagrange equations of the second kind with multipliers. Analysed vehicle through using mecanum wheels has three degrees of freedom and can move on a flat ground in any direction with any configuration of platform’s frame. In order to derive dynamic equations of motion of mentioned object, kinetic potential of the system and generalized forces affecting the system are determined. The results of a solution of inverse dynamics problem are also published.The work presents the dynamic equations of motion of a unmanned six-wheeled vehicle with mecanum wheels for rescue applications derived with the of Lagrange equations of the second kind with multipliers. Analysed vehicle through using mecanum wheels has three degrees of freedom and can move on a flat ground in any direction with any configuration of platform’s frame. In order to derive dynamic equations of motion of mentioned object, kinetic potential of the system and generalized forces affecting the system are determined. The results of a solution of inverse dynamics problem are also published.