Tarantula bot: Rescue assist tele robot

Abstract

This paper shows the modularity of self reconfigurable spider robots with a great versatility. These robots (Tarantula bots) are mainly used for a successful urban search and rescue system. Self reconfigurable system is used to explore the hardware reality of a robot along with its applications. Locomotion and visualizations in large terrain and earthquakes by rescue team is more complex in nature. This paper provides a solution for the rescue team to protect the injured humans in a disaster area. Tarantula bot locomote and capture videos in a disaster area and sends appropriate videos (feedback data) to the rescue team. Using pyro and ultrasonic sensors we can detect the human presence in a terrain area. Both remote and automatic access is the major advantage of tarantula bot. After outlining the advantages of this robot concept, a robot body shape change theory was proposed and theoretical simulations were used to verify the practicality of the Robot shape change theory. The thesis also illustrates the design of the working Principle and design of a robot sensor, which was subsequently used in the robot Shape change experiments.