Estimation and Presentation of Contact Information for Active Scope Camera Exploring Narrow Rubble

Evaluation during Exploration in Simulated Disaster Environment

Abstract

Active Scope Camera (ASC) is a snake-like robot realizing the exploration in narrow space such as disaster sites. The authors have proposed the haptic/visual feedback system for representing collision information. This paper demonstrated that our developed system is effective on the exploration in the simulated disaster environment. The results clarified the effective situations such as the approach to a narrow entrance and the contact with ground.