In this paper authors consider the problem of practical stabilization of wheeled mobile robot equipped with skid-steering drive (also know as SSMR). The kinematic model of SSMR is approximated by kinematics of unicycle including small perturbation term which describes limited skidding effect. It is justified that SSMR can be regarded as a system with non-stationary first order nonholonomic cons...

Industrial logging has become the most extensive land use in Central Africa, with more than 600,000 square kilometers (30%) of forest currently under concession. With use of a time series of satellite imagery for the period from 1976 to 2003, we measured 51,916 kilometers of new logging roads. The density of roads across the forested region was 0.03 kilometer per square kilometer, but areas of ...

Skid steers are versatile self-propelled machines that regularly used in a variety of recreational applications and occupational industries. They can be hazardous for both operators bystanders. The purpose this paper is to describe patterns skid steer injuries the US from 2015 2020. Data were obtained Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) accident reports severe injury database. Agri...

One of the challenges using recycled materials in road structures is to maintain safe and durable pavements. A multitude research has been conducted over years on various materials, with a focus structural performance Another crucial, but almost overlooked, aspect pavement’s ability provide adequate skid resistance for users under different climatic conditions. With this mind, present study aim...

A number of human-centred methodologies--subjective, objective, and combined--are used for slipperiness measurement. They comprise a variety of approaches from biomechanically-oriented experiments to psychophysical tests and subjective evaluations. The objective of this paper is to review some of the research done in the field, including such topics as awareness and perception of slipperiness, ...