• DocumentCode
    3035346
  • Title

    Development of the snake-like rescue robot "kohga"

  • Author

    Kamegawa, T. ; Yarnasaki, T. ; Igarashi, H. ; Matsuno, F.

  • Author_Institution
    Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • Volume
    5
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    April 26 2004-May 1 2004
  • Firstpage
    5081
  • Lastpage
    5086
  • Abstract
    In this paper we report the development of a new rescue robot platform. The robot is constructed by connecting multiple crawler vehicles serially, resulting a long and thin structure so that it can enter narrow space. The units are connected by 2-DOF active joints and 3-DOF passive joints, so that the robot can have both the capability to climb over obstacles as well as adaptation to irregular surfaces. Basic steering and experiments for the robot are also shown.
  • Keywords
    Cameras; Charge coupled devices; Crawlers; Large-scale systems; Mobile robots; Orbital robotics; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems; Space technology; Wheels;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Robotics and Automation, 2004. Proceedings. ICRA '04. 2004 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    New Orleans, LA, USA
  • ISSN
    1050-4729
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8232-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ROBOT.2004.1302523
  • Filename
    1302523