An Active Search and Rescue Device in Ruin Interstice: SnakeRescuer

Abstract:

According to the ruins caused by disaster, a new kind of search and rescue device SnakeRescuer is developed, which can actively go into ruin interstices to search and rescue victims. Inspired by industrial endoscope and snake-like robot which usually are used in searching and rescuing, a new kind of mechanism is designed, which has advantages of both industrial endoscope and snake-like robot. It consists of multi-section crawler modules and the base body which some like industrial endoscope but thicker and more rigid. Each crawler module is made up of four track units and could be attached to the base body and could drive the device to go into the ruins. According to the ruins of the environment, the track drive unit is designed first. Then a control method for the drive unit is designed. Finally, some basic experimental results show that the device can be applied to ruin rescuing.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 713-715)
• Pages: 558-562
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.713-715.558
• Online since: January 2015
• Authors: Zhen Zhang*, Shuai Mei, Ya Fei Cao, Yan An Zhang, Hong Shang
• Keywords: Crawler Module, Multi-Section, Rescue Device, Ruin Interstice, Search, Track Drive Unit

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