Track Mechanism Design for a Differential Drive Fire Fighting Robot
Keywords:
Fire Fighting, Rescue Robot, Stair Climbing, Unmanned Ground Vehicle, Supervised Tele-operationAbstract
Rescue missions and disaster management expose human life to risk further elevating the catastrophe. Robotics and automation can play pivotal role to provide solutions through Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) in normal and accidental situations without posing or minimizing risk to human life. Firefighting is one of the most needed areas of disaster management where robots can expand the capability of fire hydrant to control fire in natural or manmade uneven structures in buildings, factory areas, power, chemical plants etc. Robotics and Automation engineers are working on developing robots for reducing hazards to human fire fighters. The purpose of this study is to design and develop an efficient track mechanism for a supervised tele-operated firefighting robot. The essential requirements of the subject platform were its maneuverability and negotiation over uneven terrains especially stair-like surfaces.
Index Terms- Fire Fighting, Rescue Robot, Stair Climbing, Unmanned Ground Vehicle, Supervised Tele-operation
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