In Tomsk, create a snake robot to save people
Students of TUSUR (Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radio Electronics) assembled a robot imitating the movement of a snake. According to Tomsk developers, in contrast to the "walking" or "wheeled" robots, an artificial snake is easier to penetrate under the rubble or crawl along sewer pipes. And if you equip it with infrared radiation and motion sensors, she will be able to determine if there is a person or an animal behind the barrier, which will make the rescuers' work easier.
The main problem faced by Tomsk developers is a banal lack of details. For a smooth ride, the robot has few “vertebrae”: the natural prototype has several times more of them. In addition, a snake-like research robot does not have a special coating, like a natural reptile. Snake skin consists of a huge number of scales, which allows these animals to climb even vertical sheer walls.
What movements have already mastered the Tomsk robot snake can be viewed in the video below:
The main problem faced by Tomsk developers is a banal lack of details. For a smooth ride, the robot has few “vertebrae”: the natural prototype has several times more of them. In addition, a snake-like research robot does not have a special coating, like a natural reptile. Snake skin consists of a huge number of scales, which allows these animals to climb even vertical sheer walls.
What movements have already mastered the Tomsk robot snake can be viewed in the video below:
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/363433/
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