He will be able to search for survivors in the destroyed buildings, check piping systems and move inside crowded tunnels
Avi Blizovsky
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Technion researchers have developed a spider robot capable of moving through burrows, pipes and tunnels. He will be able to search for survivors in the destroyed buildings, inspect piping and carry out inspection and maintenance operations in complicated and complex systems in dangerous buildings, such as nuclear reactors. Dr. Amir Shapira, who developed the robot with Dr. Shraga Shuval, under the guidance of Professor Ilon Rimon from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, said that it is a planar three-legged robot that moves while holding onto the tunnel walls.
"The robot moves quasi-statically, by holding against the walls of the tunnel, while moving its free parts to the next position," explained Dr. Shapira. "We present an algorithm, called PCG, which is used to plan the positions of the grip points of the spider robot on the sides of a linear planar tunnel for the particle".
He added that the algorithm produces a 3-2-3 walking pattern, which brings the robot from the starting point to the end, while taking a minimal number of steps.
According to Technion researchers, the spider robot is another step on the way to designing and manufacturing walking machines. In the past, Dr. Shapira has already developed a soccer playing robot.
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