Development of robotic spreader for earthquake rescue

Author

Zhang Guowei ; Li Bin ; Li Zhiqiang ; Wang Cong ; Zhang Handuo ; Shang hong ; Hu Weijian ; Zhang Tao

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Robot., Shenyang Inst. of Autom., Shenyang, China

fYear

2014

fDate

27-30 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Urban search and rescue robots are designed to locate and save the survivors in earthquake areas. This paper presents a novel robotic system, which is aimed to spread a narrow gap and open a new space to release buried survivors from pressure as temporary supports. Also, the robot can make spaces for working and moving courses for other rescue robots and tools. This robot consists of a spreader tool and a mobile unit. The spreader tool drived by hydraulic actuator can spreads the gap from 3cm to 20cm with 1000kg payload. The mobile unit is a multi-tracked mechanism to enforce the mobility on rugged terrains. The experimental results validate the lift capacity and mobility of the robotic spreader.

Keywords

earthquakes; hydraulic actuators; lifting equipment; rescue robots; buried survivors; earthquake areas; earthquake rescue; hydraulic actuator; jack robot; lift capacity; mobile unit; mobility; moving courses; multitracked mechanism; rescue tools; robotic spreader development; robotic system; rugged terrains; spreader tool; survivor location; urban search and rescue robots; working courses; Earth; Fixtures; Inspection; Roads; Robots; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; hydraulic drive; jack robot; robotic spreader; urban search and rescue;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), 2014 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Hokkaido

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SSRR.2014.7017679

Filename

7017679