J192013 Throwable Agent for Exploration with the Cylindrical Crawler Mechanism Symmetrically

Abstract

This paper describes the mechanism of the try cylindrical rover for exploration mission such a space exploration, search and rescue, and so on. The features of this mobile robot are the throwable and omnidirectional motion. The whole configuration of this robot is triangular cross-section and has the three cylindrical driving unit; omni-crawler at the each corner. The mechanism of this rover is shown and the basic functions are confirmed through the experiments with the actual prototype model.