Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : May 10, 2017 - May 13, 2017
In this paper, we discuss how a balloon robot climbs over steps. We had proposed an autonomous patrol robot moving on a ceiling using the balloon buoyancy. The proposed balloon robot has some advantage in terms of quietness and energy efficiency. However, it had a problem that the balloon robot could not climb over the step. We add the flying mechanism to the wheel travel balloon robot for climbing over steps. We discuss how to design the robot for flying over the step. We developed the robot according the guideline and confirm the feasibility of the proposed balloon robot.
