Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : June 02, 2018 - June 05, 2018
When disaster happens in a closed space such as a subway, collecting information can be dangerous. Consequently, it is necessary to develop robots to explore in dangerous places for people. In previous studies, there were robots that could move using the subway rail. However, that robot is not able to travel a turnout. The purpose of this study is to develop robots that able to gather information during a disaster in a subway by traveling through a rail including turnouts. In this paper, we describe the design of rail traveling robot with branching mechanism and the proposal of branching mechanism.
