Title :
Research on Urban Search and Rescue Robot: Development of Amoeba II
Author :
Ye, Changlong ; Ma, Shugen ; Li, Bin
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Machinery & Automobile, Shenyang Inst. of Aeronaut. Eng.
Abstract :
In order to perform the urban search and rescue task in dangerous condition, a novel robot named Amoeba II is designed based on synthesis of the snake-like robot and the tracked vehicle. It can transform its body shape to adapt to the environment. On the one hand, this robot adopts the tracked drive mechanism to acquire high performance on the climb. On the other hand, this robot is portable due to lightweight and small bulk, which benefits the quick rescue response after calamity. Amoeba II consists of two mobile units and one expanding unit. The former one is to realize the locomotion and the last one is to expand the body to adapt to the environment. The experimental results validate the capability of Amoeba II
Keywords :
mobile robots; motion control; path planning; service robots; Amoeba II; environment adaptation; snake-like robot; tracked drive mechanism; tracked vehicle; urban rescue robot; urban search robot; Aerospace engineering; Automobiles; Design automation; Intelligent control; Laboratories; Machinery; Robotics and automation; Robots; Shape; Vehicles; modular; rescue task; snake-like robot; tracked drive;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Control and Automation, 2006. WCICA 2006. The Sixth World Congress on
Conference_Location :
Dalian
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0332-4
DOI :
10.1109/WCICA.2006.1713777
