2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Walking mechanism with gantry-shaped legs for wetland mobile robots
| Project/Area Number |
16K06171
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Intelligent mechanics/Mechanical systems
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| Research Institution | Muroran Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Research Collaborator |
Monoi Yuuki
Kaneko Taiki
Sasaki Daiki
Liu Jian
Sasaki Kota
Touda Kazuki
Hase Takanori
Yokosawa Yuya
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
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| Keywords | 湿原調査 / 環境保全 / 移動ロボット / フィールドロボット / 泥濘地 / 丈長草密集地 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We have progressed the development of the double spiral mobile robot which can noninvasively travel the place where plants with high and hard stem grow densely. It makes spiral pipes rotate and move forward, then walks on the spiral pipes with special gantry-shaped legs. We proposed several moving methods, such as going forward, turning along the arc, or keeping balance on a slope. We tested the methods on the dynamics motion simulation to show the efficiency. Further, we built a half-model prototype of the robot. It is shown that the robot can be actually built and operated as expected.
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| Free Research Field |
制御工学，ロボット工学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
葦などが密生する場所を，植物を踏み倒さずに移動できる機構は他になく，二重螺旋移動機構は独自性のある仕組みである．その機構の実現可能性および適用可能性を実証するために，コンピューターシミュレーションによる動作検証，プロトタイプを製作して動作確認ができたことに学術的な意義がある．開発した技術や知見は，葦が密生する湿原地帯の調査のみならず，笹やぶなどが生い茂る山林などにも適用できる．
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