Title :
Snake, walking and group robots for super mechano-system
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech.-Areosp. Eng., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Japan
fDate :
6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We discuss the general concept of the super mechano-system (SMS) and show the meaning of SMS exemplifying the human body. We show several features and anticipated applications of SMS and illustrate three types of SMS, such as snake-like robots, walking-type robots, and group type robots called a super mechano-colony. Design and features of several types of already constructed SMS robots such as snake-like robot “ACMR1”, rescue robot “Souryu”, steep slope walking robot “TITANVII”, walking demining robot, group rovers with parent and children units called SMC rover are then discussed
Keywords :
mobile robots; multi-robot systems; ACMR1; Souryu; TITANVII; group rovers; group type robots; rescue robot; snake-like robots; steep slope walking robot; super mechano-colony; super mechano-system; walking demining robot; walking-type robots; Arm; Couplings; Educational technology; Humans; Leg; Legged locomotion; Mechanical engineering; Mechanical systems; Robot kinematics; Sliding mode control;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1999. IEEE SMC '99 Conference Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5731-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1999.823167
