Integration of fault tolerance and hardware redundancy techniques into the design of mobile platforms

Authors

Miguel Angel Espina, Florida International University

Document Type

Thesis

Degree

Master of Science (MS)

Major/Program

Mechanical Engineering

First Advisor's Name

Sabri Tosunoglu

First Advisor's Committee Title

Committee Chair

Second Advisor's Name

Ibrahim Tansel

Third Advisor's Name

T.C. Yih

Date of Defense

11-28-1998

Abstract

This work addresses the development of a fault-tolerant mobile platform. Fault-tolerant mechanical system design is an emerging technology that attempts to build highly reliable systems by incorporating hardware and software architectures. For this purpose, previous work in fault-tolerant were reviewed. Alternate architectures were evaluated to maximize the fault tolerance capabilities of the driving and steering systems of a mobile platform.

The literature review showed that most of the research work on fault tolerance has been done in the area of kinematics and control systems of robotic arms. Therefore, hardware redundancy and fault tolerance in mobile robots is an area to be researched. The prototype constructed as part of this work demonstrated basic principles and uses of a fault-tolerant mechanism, and is believed to be the first such system in its class. It is recommended that different driving and steering architectures, and the fault-tolerant controllers' performance be tested on this prototype.

Identifier

FI15101314

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Espina, Miguel Angel, "Integration of fault tolerance and hardware redundancy techniques into the design of mobile platforms" (1998). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3155.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3155