Design of a three dimensional running peristaltic crawling robot

In disaster areas, rescue work by humans is extremely difficult and dangerous. Therefore, rescue work using rescue robots in place of humans is attracting attention. This study specifically examines peristaltic crawling, the movement technique used by earthworms, because it can enable movement throu...

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Published in2012 19th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP) pp. 456 - 459
Main Authors Tesen, S., Dobashi, Hiroki, Saga, Norihiko, Nagase, J.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.11.2012
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Biomimetics
Educational institutions
Electronic mail
Force
Mobile robots
Peristaltic crawling robot
Pneumatic systems
Service robots
Strength calculation
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Summary:In disaster areas, rescue work by humans is extremely difficult and dangerous. Therefore, rescue work using rescue robots in place of humans is attracting attention. This study specifically examines peristaltic crawling, the movement technique used by earthworms, because it can enable movement through narrow spaces and because it can provide stable movement even in various difficult environments. Moreover, we designed each part of the robot based on required specifications and developed a real robot. We present results of motion experiments conducted with robot movement on level ground.
ISBN:1467316431
9781467316439