Fabrication of a stair climbing vehicle for industrial and rescue application using appropriate technology

Author

Ismail, M.F. ; Arif, Fahim ; Amin, M.E. ; Mojumdar, J. ; Sarkar, M.A.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Bangladesh Univ. of Eng. & Technol. (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh

fYear

2012

fDate

20-22 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

121

Lastpage

124

Abstract

Stair climbing robotic vehicles can be very efficient tools to speed up search and rescue operations. They should be quick and agile and, at the same time, be able to deal with rough terrain and even to climb stairs. This paper presents the implementation of a stair-climbing vehicle having a robotic arm fabricated not only for the rescue operations but also for any types of industrial application. When an object is taken in front of it, then it grips the object as well as can measure the weight of the objects and sort them according to the weight.

Keywords

dexterous manipulators; grippers; industrial manipulators; mobile robots; vehicles; industrial application; object gripping; rescue application; robotic arm; rough terrain; search and rescue operations; stair climbing robotic vehicles; stair climbing vehicle fabrication; Gears; Grippers; Robot sensing systems; Service robots; Shafts; Vehicles; Robotic vehicles; object sorting; rescue and industrial application; robotic arm; weight measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical & Computer Engineering (ICECE), 2012 7th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dhaka

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1434-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECE.2012.6471500

Filename

6471500