Title :
PoseiDRONE: Design of a soft-bodied ROV with crawling, swimming and manipulation ability
Author :
Arienti, Andrea ; Calisti, Marcello ; Giorgio-Serchi, Francesco ; Laschi, Cecilia
Author_Institution :
Centre for Sea Technol. & Marine Robot., Scuola Superiore Sant´Anna, Livorno, Italy
Abstract :
The design concept and development of a multi-purpose, underwater robot is presented. The final robot consists of a continuum composed for 80% of its volume of rubber-like materials and it combines locomotion (i.e. crawling and swimming) and manipulation capabilities. A first prototype of the robot is illustrated based on the integration of existing prototypes.
Keywords :
autonomous underwater vehicles; mobile robots; PoseiDRONE; crawling; design concept; locomotion; manipulation ability; multipurpose robot; rubber-like materials; soft-bodied ROV; swimming; underwater robot; Animals; Crawlers; Legged locomotion; Prototypes; Underwater cables; Underwater vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Oceans - San Diego, 2013
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
