Title :
Concept of a hopping sphere robot for rescue
Author :
Tokuda, Kenichi ; Yagi, Hidenori ; Kinugasa, Tetsuya ; Miwa, Masafumi
Author_Institution :
Wakayama Univ., Wakayama, Japan
Abstract :
Many kind of disaster such as an earthquake require rescue robots migration abilities on irregular terrain. There are many types of robot locomotion on an irregular terrain, for example, crowing, walking and hopping. Hopping is a simple way for easy moving on the ground that is beyond calculation. This paper describes a concept of spherical hopping robot with 6 isotropic legs. We show some simulation results and one prototype robot for feasibility study.
Keywords :
disasters; emergency services; mobile robots; path planning; service robots; disaster; hopping sphere robot; irregular terrain; rescue robot migration ability; Leg; Legged locomotion; Prototypes; Springs; Wheels;
Conference_Titel :
SICE Annual Conference 2010, Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7642-8
