Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : June 05, 2019 - June 08, 2019
The authors focused on the peristaltic movement of earthworms and developed a peristaltic motion type robot for inspecting inside a pumping pipe. It became clear that a mechanism to more reliably pass through the bent pipe is needed through field experiments. So it necessary to install a mechanism that prevents the joint part from catching on the corner of the bent pipe. Therefore, we developed a joint attachment having elasticity of repulsive force and low friction of nylon material and report pass performance using curved pipe.
