Title :
An affordable, robust mining inspection robot
Author :
Dale A. Carnegie;James McVay;Lance Molyneaux;Chris Chitty
Author_Institution :
School of Engineering and Computer Science, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
fDate :
7/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Mining accidents claim hundreds and perhaps thousands of lives throughout the world every year. Despite rapid progress in the development of robotic systems, a robot has never been successful in saving a human life in a disaster situation. Factors that have contributed to the failure of deployed robotic systems include reliance on a tether, reliance on expert operators, significant cost and failure due to moisture ingress. We have designed a low cost, robust mine inspection robot with a novel system of mobile communication and sensing nodes. Locomotion is designed to be non-complex and resistant to snagging. Equipped with a range of sensors, this system is easy to use and at can be deployed at an order of magnitude lower cost than current systems.
Keywords :
"Robot sensing systems","Fuel processing industries","Wheels","Batteries","Robot kinematics"
Conference_Titel :
Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems (CIS) and IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (RAM), 2015 IEEE 7th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-7337-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2326-8239
DOI :
10.1109/ICCIS.2015.7274611