OFF-ROAD ROBOTIC SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE MANIPULATOR ARM

Description

Search and rescue operations in disaster scenarios pose significant problems for response teams, and in particular for robotic systems designed to work in them: unfamiliar and unstructured environments, mobility over difficult terrain, detection and handling of victims and material dangerous, or debris removal, to name just a few.
Thus, the present invention consists of a robotic system with off-road capability and multiple manipulator arm, and control elements and sensory separable and at the same time functional.
This system allows intervention in situations of natural disasters or other risks in which human beings cannot intervene due to the limitations of the environment or the existing risks. In addition, it allows moving on uneven terrain thanks to the mobile platform equipped with chains and has a multiple manipulator arm that allows access to difficult areas while avoiding obstacles.
On the other hand, the system has a payload that can be expanded by disassembling the control subsystem or the sensory subsystem, or both, which also reduces the vulnerability of the robotic system as a whole.
In its operation, the robotic system receives information from the environment through the external sensor system it houses. These sensors collect information about obstacles, surrounding terrain, etc., and send it to the control system. In addition, the control system generates orders for the locomotion system of the robotic system.

Advantages

Among the advantages of the present invention are:
• The system allows intervention in situations of natural disasters or other risks in which human beings may intervene due to the limitations of the environment or the existing risks.
• The system can be moved on uneven ground thanks to the mobile platform equipped with chains.
• The system has a multiple manipulator arm that allows access to difficult areas avoiding obstacles by having more than six degrees of freedom from the base to the end.
• The system has a payload that can be expanded by disassembling the control subsystem or sensory subsystem, or both, which also reduces the vulnerability of the robotic system as a whole.

Uses and Applications

The present invention has its main applications in the areas of rescuing victims in disasters such as earthquakes or landslides, or the removal of explosive devices.

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Patent Number

ES2343558

Applicants

UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA

Inventors

ALFONSO JOSE GARCIA CEREZO, JORGE LUIS MARTINEZ RODRIGUEZ, FRANCISCO MANUEL MORALES RODRIGUEZ, JESUS MORALES RODRIGUEZ, ANTONIO MANDOW ANDALUZ, JESUS MANUEL GOMEZ GABRIEL, JAVIER SERÓN BARBA, ANTONIO JESUS REINA TEROL, ALEJANDRO PEQUEÑO BOTER, JUAN JESUS FERNANDEZ LOZANO

Filing Date

13/12/2007 

Protection Level: National (Spain)

Processing Status: Spanish patent