1P1-O04 Mobile Robot for Human Environment with Novel Telescopic Manipulators(Mobile Robot with Special Mechanism (1))

Abstract

Infrastructures for human activities e.g. elevators are almost not designed for robots and a telescopic manipulator will be a solution for extending the mobility of robots. We designed a novel telescopic manipulator mechanism which comprises aggregated convex tapes as an arm. The bundling plate is provided with a guiding groove, through which the plurality of convexes pass, to keep the relative position of the plurality of the convexes constant. In this study, we developed a wheel robot with 4 telescopic manipulators and tried to let the robot get on an elevator. The trial is succeeded and our next target will be 3D mobility of the robot in various natural environments.