Development of two rescue robots for disaster relief operations in narrow debris  

作　　者：臧希喆 Wang Jibin Liu Yixiang 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System,Harbin Institute of Technology

出　　处：《High Technology Letters》2015年第4期399-406,共8页高技术通讯（英文版）

基　　金：Supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Programme of China(No.#2012AA041505)

摘　　要：This paper proposes two novel rescue robots,including a cutter robot and a jack robot,which are aimed to contribute to rescue activities such as to cut through obstacles and to jack up debris in dangerous sites and narrow spaces,where a rescue team can not work or approach.Firstly,a multilinked tracked rescue robot platform composed of connected crawler vehicles is developed,which has high mobility on irregular terrain and ability to move into narrow collapsed structures.Then,the cutter robot and jack robot are designed on the basis of rescue robot platform equipped with a cutter or a jack mechanism and corresponding manipulators in the front segment.The cutter refitted by an angle grinder is able to cut through 10 mm diameter steel bars.The electric jack mechanism designed based on multiple layers screw sleeves structure can lift up 300 kg load from 70 mm to 400 mm.Experimental results validate the capability of the two rescue robots.This paper proposes two novel rescue robots, including a cutter robot and a jack robot, which are aimed to contribute to rescue activities such as to cut through obstacles and to jack up debris in dangerous sites and narrow spaces, where a rescue team can not work or approach. Firstly, a multi- linked tracked rescue robot platform composed of connected crawler vehicles is developed, which has high mobility on irregular terrain and ability to move into narrow collapsed structures. Then, the cut- ter robot and jack robot are designed on the basis of rescue robot platform equipped with a cutter or a jack mechanism and corresponding manipulators in the front segment. The cutter refitted by an an- gle grinder is able to cut through 10 mm diameter steel bars. The electric jack mechanism designed based on multiple layers screw sleeves structure can lift up 300 kg load from 70 mm to 400 mm. Ex- perimental results validate the capability of the two rescue robots.

关 键 词：rescue robot connected crawler vehicles cutter robot jack robot 

分 类 号：X43[环境科学与工程—灾害防治] TP242[自动化与计算机技术—检测技术与自动化装置]