Development of a Throw & Collect Type Rescue Inspector

Abstract

In order to search survivors in half-collapsed buildings at disastrous sites, the authors have developed the throw & collect rescue inspector. It is composed of a throwing and a drawing mechanisms and a child machine equipped with camera. The parent robot is inserted to the site and starts the inspection of the area. If an obstacle is in the way, it throws out a child machine with its magnetic brake pneumatic cylinder, and the inspection can be performed beyond the obstacle while the child machine is drawn back. This report shows the details of the structure of the robot.