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Y. Yamada

2 accepted papers

2019

Proposal of a Peristaltic Motion Type Duct Cleaning Robot for Traveling in a Flexible Pipe

IROS 2019poster

The cleaning of residential ventilation ducts is necessary to prevent damage to health. However, since residential ventilation ducts are usually thin and curved, cleaning them is difficult. It is also difficult to obtain thrust within the duct using a wheel or a snake type robot because it is hard t…

Cited by 27SourceScholar
2017

Curved excavation by a sub-seafloor excavation robot

IROS 2017poster

Sub-seafloor exploration is an important area of biological and geological research, and often requires samples of seafloor mud to be recovered. The minerals and marine sediments trapped in this mud are also potentially valuable resources. However, seabed exploration has been limited by the complexi…

Cited by 34SourceScholar