“ROCKER BOGGIE ROBOT”

A project report
 DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
ENGINEERING COLLEGE,

“ROCKER BOGGIE ROBOT”

A project report
Submitted By

In partial fulfilment for the award of the degree

Of
DIPLOMA OF ENGINEERING
In
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

GUIDED BY: H.O.D

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I own a great many thanks to a great many people who helped and
supported me during the writing of this project report.

My deepest thanks --------------------guide of the project for guiding and

correcting various documents of mine with attention and care. He has
taken pain to go through the project phase I and II and make necessary
correction as and when needed.

I extend my gratitude to our Prof. & Head of department, -----------------------

for his cooperation throughout the semester.
I have also received tremendous amount of help from friends inside and outside of
the college. I wanted to thanks all my friends for constantly showing your helping
hands, sharing your ideas and, most important of all, the friendship.
Last but not least, I wanted to express my gratefulness to my family. My
parents have been constantly encouraging me to pursue this diploma.
Thank you all for your support, patience and love. I wouldn’t have been
able to fulfil my dream without any of these.

NAME SIGNATURE
ABSTRACT
The need to develop a highly stable suspension system capable of
operating in multi terrain surfaces while keeping all the wheels in contact
with ground

To design a mechanism that can traverse terrains where the left and right
rockers individually climb different obstacles

To sustain a tilt of some degree without tipping over the side ways
 CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the project entitled “ROCKER BOGGIE

ROBOT” submitted by
,
to the
in the partial fulfillment for the award of degree of
bachelor of engineering in MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING in a bonafide record of project work
carried out by him under my supervision during the year
2016-‘19.

SUBMITTED ON:

(Head of department) (Project Guide)

(Mechanical engg. Dept.)

 INDEX
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .

1.1PROJECT TITLE ................................................................................................. 8

1.2AIM OF PROJECT ..............................................................................................9
1.3INTRODUCTION TO ROCKER BOGGIE ……………………….......10
1.4WHAT IS ROCKER BOGGIE? ...................................................................... .11

CHAPTER 2: PROJECT DESCRIPTION

2.1 WORKING PRINCIPLE …………………………........12

2.2 HOW THE MACHINE WORKS? ………………………….......13
2.3 LIST OF COMPONENTS …………………………..........14
CHAPTER 3: ASSEMBELY DRAWING …………………………........12

CHAPTER 4: LIST OF MACHINES ….......................................19

CHAPTER 5: LIST OF EQUIPMENTS …………………….........20

CHAPTER 6: SCOPE …………………….............21

LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE - 1: WORKING PRINCIPLE .......................................................................... 9

FIGURE - 2: BEARING ............................................................................................................ 14

FIGURE - 3: SHAFTS ............................................................................................................... 15

FIGURE - 4: SCREW ................................................................................................................. 16

FIGURE - 5: BATTERY............................................................................................................. 17

FIGURE - 6: ASSEMBLY DRAWING ............................................................................ 18

INTRODUCTION CHAPTER : 1

1.1PROJECT TITLE:

Working model of ROCKER BOGGIE ROBOT.

1.2 AIM OF PROJECT:

Our aim is to develop a robot which is able to travel in any type of terrain.

To develop a develop a robot which can reduce the

problem of inspection.

To develop an ease of exploration with minimum human effort.

To develop portable all terrain exploring robot.

1.3 INTRODUCTION TO ROCKER BOGGIE:

The rocker bogie suspension system was first used for the Mars Rovers 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 small obstacles
The rocker bogie suspension 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
One of the major short comings of rocker bogie rovers is that they are slow.
In order to be able to overcome significantly rough terrain without any type of
risk of flipping the vehicle or damaging the suspension, these this robots
move slowly and climb over obstacles by having wheels lift each piece of the
suspension over the obstacles one portion at time
This robots are mainly used for tasks which humans cannot do and are not safe

1.4WHAT IS ROCKER BOGGIE ROBOT?

The Rocker bogie suspension is a suspension arrangement used in Mars
rovers. This mechanism enables a six-wheeled vehicle to keep all wheels in
contact with a surface even when driving on severely uneven terrains.

Suspension is the term given to the system of springs, shock absorbers and
linkages that connects that connect the vehicle to its wheels. Suspension
system servers dual purpose: contributing to the car’s road handling and
braking

Generally, exploration robots are driven on the rough surface which consists
of different sized stones and soft sand. For this reason car suspensions are
not suitable for rover
PROJECT DESCRIPTION CHAPTER : 2

2.1 WORKING PRINCIPLE

In order to go over an obstacle, the front wheels are forced against the
obstacles 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 obstacles by tha front, until it is lifted up and over
Finally the rear wheel is pulled over the obstacle by the front two wheels.
During each wheels traversal of the obstacle, forward progress of the
vehicle is slowed or completed halted.
These rovers moves slowly and climb over the obstacles one portion at a time

Figure - 1
 2.2HOW THE MACHINE WORKS?

STEP 1:

The front rockers climbs on the obstacle

STEP 2:

The rear wheels push the front body on obstacle.

STEP 3:

The half body of robot passes the obstacle.

STEP 4:

The front rockers now pulls the rear part of the robot.

STEP 5:

The part of the robot climbs and passes the obstacle on the other way the
front part of the robot help is to climb and pass safely.
 2.3LIST OF COMPONENTS:

NAME OF COMPONENT QUANTITY

1.SHAFT 1

2.LINK 10

3.WHEEL 6

4.NUT 6

5.BOLT 6

6.BEARING 0

7.MOTOR 6

8.WIRE 3Meter

9.BATTERY 1 or 2

10.TRANSMITTER 1

11.RICIEVER 1
BEARING:

STRAIGHT ROLLER BEARING

This bearing up will be the outer ring, the separator, the rollers,
and the inner ring as shown in Fig. The outer ring just like the ball
bearings mentioned above keep the mechanism in place and
houses it to avoid anything from getting in and also keeping the
grease in if applicable. The separator keeps the metal rollers on
track and allows them to move in such a manner which it was
intended to perform. Lastly, the inner ring maintains the bearing
closed from the bottom and mates perfectly with the shaft

Figure:-2
Shaft:

Shaft is a rotating machine element which is used to transmit power

from one place to another. The power is delivered to the shaft by
some tangential force and the resultant torque set up within the shaft
permits the power to be transferred to various machines linked up to
the shaft. In order to transfer the power from one shaft to another, the
various members such as pulleys, gears etc. are mounted on it.
These members along with the forces exerted upon them causes the
shaft to rotate. In other words, the shaft is used for the transmission of
torque and bending moment. The various members are mounted on
the shaft by means of key or spines. The shaft is usually cylindrical,
but may be square or cross- shaped in section. They are solid in
cross -section but sometimes hollow shaft is also used. An axle,
though similar in shape to the shaft, is a stationary machine element
and is used for the transmission of bending moment only. It simply
acts as a support for some rotating body such as hoisting drum in a
car wheel or a rope. A spindle is a short shaft that impacts motion.

Figure:-3
Screws:

A screw, or bolt are types of fasteners that characterized by a helical

ridge, defined as an external thread or thread-wrapped around a
cylinder. Some screw threads are designed to mate with a
complementary thread, known as an internal thread. Usually it comes
in the form of a nut or an object that has the internal thread formed
into it. Other screw threads are designed to cut a helical groove in a
softer material as the screw is inserted. The most common uses of
screws are to hold objects together and to position objects.
Most often, screws have a head, however, a set screw is an example of
a screw without a head which is a specially formed section on one end
of the screw that allows it to be turned, or driven. Common tools for
driving screws include screw drivers and wrenches. The head is usually
larger than the body of the screw, which keeps the screw from being
driven deeper than the length of the screw and to provide a bearing
surface. There are exceptions; for instance, carriage bolts have a domed
head that is not designed to be driven; set screws often have a head
smaller than the outer diameter of the screw. J-bolts have a J-shaped
head which is not designed to be driven, but rather is usually sunk into
concrete allowing it to be used as an anchor bolt. The cylindrical portion
of the screw from the underside of the head to the tip is known as the
shank; it may be fully threaded or partially threaded.

Figure:-4
BATTERY:

The power supplies are designed to convert high voltage AC mains

electricity to a suitable low voltage supply for electronic circuits and
other devices. A RPS (Regulated Power Supply) is the Power
Supply with Rectification, Filtering and Regulation being done on
the AC mains to get a Regulated power supply for the devices
being used. The motor used requires a supply of +12V DC, which is
derived from the single phase supply of 230V AC.A power supply
unit can by broken down into a series of blocks, each of which
performs a particular function. A DC power supply which maintains
the output voltage constant irrespective of AC mains fluctuations or
load variations is known as “Regulated D.C Power Supply.

Figure:-5
ASSEMBLY DRAWING CHAPTER : 3

Figure :-6
LIST OF MACHINES CHAPTER : 4

Different machines required for the preparation of the working model of

the rocker boggie robot are as follows:

1.LATHE MACHINE

2. DRILLING MACHINE

3. GRINDING MACHINE

4. ARC WELDING MACHINE

LIST OF EQUIPMENTS CHAPTER : 5
The list of equipment’s required to prepare the model are as follows:

1.VICE

2.CUTTING TOOL:

1. SINGLE POINT CUTTING TOOL

2. TWIST DRILL

3.HAND TOOLS:

ROUGH FILE

SMOOTH FILE

CENTER PUNCH

HAMMER

HAND HACK SAW

MEASURING EQUIPMENTS:

1.STEEL RULE
SCOPE CHAPTER : 6

With some developments like attaching arms to the rover it can

be made useful for the BOMB DIFFUSING SQUAD such that it
can be able to cut the connections for diffusing the bomb.

By development of a bigger model it can be used for

transporting man and material through a rough terrain or
obstacles containing regions like stairs.

We can also develop it into wheel chair too. It can be send in valleys

jungles or such places where humans may face some danger.

It can also be developed into suspension system for the

automobile vehicles through proper research.