Development of the Hose Activate Instrument and Method by Water Jets

Abstract

Various Disaster response robots are developed and used for the search and rescue operations. We demand new actuation technology for such a tough field. In this paper, we propose a new actuation technology by water jets. We developed the instrument, which activate the water hose. This consists of a water pump, hoses, and jet nozzles. We observed the motion of the activated hose by water jets. The preliminary experiments were conducted to confirm the potential of new actuation technology for disaster response robots