Design and Research of an Active Search and Rescue Robot Used in Ruin Interstice

Abstract:

After studying of post-earthquake environment, we develop a new kind of search and rescue robot, which can go into ruin interstices to implement rescue. Through the research of track and snake-like robot that used in searching and rescuing, we design a new kind of mechanism, which has advantages of both track and snake-like robots. This article also gives some details about the modular unit of track drive mechanism of the robot, the head turning mechanism actuated by tendon-sheath, and the control method of the robot system.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 655-657)
• Pages: 1096-1100
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.655-657.1096
• Online since: January 2013
• Authors: Xi Ming Shi, Zhen Zhang, Xiu Xia Chen
• Keywords: Modular Unit, Ruin Interstice, Search and Rescue Robot, Tendon-Sheath Mechanism

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