Snakes and strings: New robotic components for rescue operations

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 341-349

  Hirose, Shigeo ^a   Fukushima, Edwardo F ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Search and rescue operations; Serpent; Snakes; Tether

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; EARTHQUAKES; EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MAPPING; RESEARCH; ROBOTS;

OPERATIONS; SEARCH-AND-RESCUE OPERATIONS; SERPENT; SNAKES; TETHER;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 2442640121     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364904042202     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (16)

1. Choset, H. et al. 2000. Design and motion planning for serpentine robots. Proceedings of the TITech COE/Super Mechano-Systems Symposium, pp. 167-172.
2. Fukushima, E. F., Kitamura, N., and Hirose, S. 2000. A new flexible component for field robotic system. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, San Francisco, CA, pp. 2583-2588.
3. Fukushima, E. F., Debenest, P., and Hirose, S. 2001. Development of autonomous buggy robot Gryphon-I. Proceedings of the TITech COE/Super Mechano-Systems Symposium, p. VCS-26.
4. Fukushima, E. F., Kitamura, N. and Hirose, S. 2001. Development of tethered autonomous mobile robot systems for field works. Advanced Robotics 15(4):481- 496.
5. Havlik, S. 1993. A reconfigurable cable crane-robot for large workspace operations. Proceedings of the 24th Symposium on Industrial Robots (ISIR), pp. 529-536.
6. Hirose, S., Shirasu, T., and Fukushima, E. F. 1996. Proposal for cooperative robot "Gunryu" composed of autonomous segments. Robotics and Autonomous Systems 17:107-118.
7. Kawamura, S., Choe, W., Tanaka, S., and Pandian, S. R. 1995. Development of an ultrahigh speed robot FALCON using wire drive system. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Nagoya, Japan, pp. 215-220.
8. Kimura, H., Nakaya, K., and Hirose, S. 2001. Development of "Genbu": articulated multi-wheeled mobile robot. Proceedings of the TITech COE/Super Mechano-Systems Symposium, p. HRS-11.
9. Maeda, K., Tadokoro, S., Takamori, T., Hiller, M., and Verhoeven, R. 1999. On design of a redundant wire-driven parallel robot WARP manipulator. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Detroit, MI, pp. 895-900.
10. Mori, M., and Hirose, S. 2001. Development of active cord mechanism ACM-R3 with agile 3D mobility. Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Maui, Hawaii, pp. 1552-1557.
11. Mori, M., and Hirose, S. 2002. Three-dimensional serpentine motion and lateral rolling by active cord mechanism ACM-R3. Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, pp. 829-834.
12. Takayama, T., and Hirose, S. 2001a. Development of HELIX: a hermetic 3D active cord with novel spiral swimming motion. Proceedings of the TITech COE/Super Mechano-Systems Symposium, p. D-3.
13. Takayama, T., and Hirose, S. 2001b. Development of "Souryu-I and II". Proceedings of the TITech COE/Super Mechano-Systems Symposium, p. HRS-1.
14. Takayama, T., and Hirose, S. 2002. Amphibious 3D active cord mechanism "HELIX" with helical swimming motion. Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, pp. 775-780.
15. Umetani, Y., and Hirose, S. 1974. Biomechanical study of serpentine locomotion. Proceedings of the 1st RoManSy Symposium 1973, Udine, Italy, pp. 171-184.
16. Zanganeh, K. E., and Angeles, J. 1994. Instantaneous kinematics and design of a novel redundant parallel manipulator. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, San Diego, CA, pp. 3043-3048.