Aerial Hose Type Robot by Water Jet for Fire Fighting
Hisato Ando, Yuichi Ambe, Akihiro Ishii, Masashi Konyo, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Shigenao Maruyama, Satoshi Tadokoro
Abstract
Disaster response, especially fire-fighting and rescue, is highly risky for firefighters engaged in action. As a result, many robots intended for fire-fighting have been proposed. However, it is difficult for them to directly access fire sources because their mobility is limited. Specifically, existing robots are large and heavy. Therefore, we propose a novel hose-type robot, which can fly directly into the fire source via a water jet. First, to control the reaction force for stable flying, we developed a nozzle module. By combining two nozzles whose outlet direction can be controlled, the resultant reaction force can be controlled. Finally, we developed a robot with a nozzle module and conducted an experiment. The experiment demonstrates that a robot with a length of approximately 2 m can fly stably in the air by leveraging the water jet. In addition, the head direction can also be controlled.
BibTeX
@inproceedings{ral2018_aerialhosetypero,
title = {Aerial Hose Type Robot by Water Jet for Fire Fighting},
author = {Hisato Ando and Yuichi Ambe and Akihiro Ishii and Masashi Konyo and Kenjiro Tadakuma and Shigenao Maruyama and Satoshi Tadokoro},
booktitle = {RA-L 2018},
year = {2018}
}