Design and realization for throwable semi-autonomous reconnaissance robot

Abstract

Throwable miniature robots are very suitable for initiative reconnaissance and surveillance in important targets of sensitive areas. However, the throwing deployment mode of miniature mobile robots demands excellent anti-impact property. Moreover, another crucial problem resulted from the small volume of miniature robots is the difficulty of packing locomotion, sensing, computing and power subsystems into constrained space. To solve the problems above-mentioned, the design and realization for a kind of throwable semi-autonomous reconnaissance robot was presented in the paper. Moreover, Finite element simulation analysis and anti-impact experiments showed that the robot has excellent capability of anti-impact. At last, the experiments also showed that the design of the throwable semi-autonomous reconnaissance robot is reliable and practical.