A Sheet-Shaped Transforming Robot That Can Be Thrown from the Air
Naoki Iida, Mitsuharu Matsumoto
TL;DR
This paper introduces a sheet-shaped robot that can be thrown from the air to reach disaster sites efficiently.
Contribution
The novel contribution is a new prototype of a throwable sheet-shaped robot with improved mobility and transition capabilities.
Findings
The new robot prototype can be thrown from the air and transition smoothly to walking.
Previous prototypes had complex and uncertain transitions from falling to movement.
The improved design enhances the robot's practicality for disaster response scenarios.
Abstract
In this paper, we describe a sheet-shaped throwable transforming robot. Sheet-type robots can change their shape to perform tasks according to the situation. Therefore, they are expected to be useful in places with many restrictions, such as disaster sites. However, most of them can only move slowly on the ground. Therefore, in order to actually deliver the robot to the disaster site, it must be carried manually. To solve this problem, we are developing a sheet-shaped robot that can be thrown from the sky. Previously developed prototypes could only move in the forward direction, and the transition from falling to walking was complicated and uncertain. In this paper, we report on a new prototype that improves on these shortcomings.
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Taxonomy
TopicsModular Robots and Swarm Intelligence · Robotic Locomotion and Control · Micro and Nano Robotics