Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : June 28, 2023 - July 01, 2023
Recently, some researchers have been conducted on methods of surveying the underwater environment using underwater drones. Underwater drone survey methods are safe and efficient. However, it is difficult to control underwater drones. As a solution to this problem, we propose wheeled underwater robots. Wheeled robots can easily control because wheels are in contact with the ground. Therefore, this research aims to develop a wheeled underwater mobile robot. As a first step in the development, we experimented to compare the mobility of a wheeled robot on the sand on water-containing and non-water-containing. The experimental results show that wheel mobility varies with wheel shape and that lugged wheels improve underwater wheel mobility.
