3 accepted papers
This letter proposes a multi-degrees-of-freedom two-wheeled inverted pendulum robot (mD-TWIPR) for off-road transportation. A two-wheeled inverted pendulum robot (TWIPR), popularly known as a segway, has high mobility owing to its simple structure without steering or suspension. The proposed robot h
This letter presents a gripper module for a snake-like robot to perform search and rescue tasks in a narrow space. The proposed gripper module has three features: (1) It can accommodate the fingers inside its body. (2) It has three fingers that can grip objects with irregular surfaces stably. (3) On
This paper introduces a new hydraulic manipulator with hydraulic-cable driven actuation (HCA) modules for disaster response mobile-manipulation. The hydraulic actuation system has the potential to apply disaster-response application, because it has a higher power-to-weight ratio and robustness to ex…