What is a snake robot?
Tuesday, 31 May 2011 22:34
A snake robot is a robotic mechanism with a long and flexible body that can move like a biological snake. In a few years, such mechanisms will be used in search & rescue operations after earthquakes, in fire fighting operations, in pipe inspection tasks, and in subsea operations.
Last Updated on Monday, 06 June 2011 19:31
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Kulko - A snake robot with tactile sensors
Tuesday, 31 May 2011 18:25
Kulko is an experimental platform for investigating snake robot locomotion in environments with obstacles. The joint modules of Kulko are covered by contact force sensors to allow the robot to sense its environment, and spherical shells that give the robot a smooth outer surface, thereby allowing slithering (gliding) motion in unstructured environments.
Last Updated on Monday, 06 June 2011 19:50
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Wheeko - A snake robot with passive wheels
Tuesday, 31 May 2011 18:16
Wheeko is an experimental platform for studying snake robot locomotion across flat surfaces. The joint modules of Wheeko are equipped with passive wheels to give the robot anisotropic ground friction properties.
Last Updated on Monday, 06 June 2011 19:29
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SnakeFighter - Robotic fire fighting
Tuesday, 31 May 2011 15:57
A few years ago, a research scientist at SINTEF had an idea. Why not enable a fire hose to move on its own? This way, the hose can crawl into a burning building and extinguish a fire on its own without putting human beings at risk. Shortly after, SINTEF decided to build this robot. The project, initiated in 2003, was named SnakeFighter.
Last Updated on Monday, 06 June 2011 19:14
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Aiko – Snake robot with electric motors
Tuesday, 31 May 2011 12:57
Aiko is one of our first snake robots, and was developed in order to produce a portable system for experimenting with snake robot locomotion.
Last Updated on Monday, 06 June 2011 19:56
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Anna Konda - The fire fighting snake robot
Tuesday, 31 May 2011 12:12
Anna Konda was developed in order to demonstrate the SnakeFighter concept. The robot is to our knowledge the biggest and strongest snake robot in the world and also the first water hydraulic snake robot ever constructed.
Last Updated on Monday, 06 June 2011 19:49
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PIKo - The Pipe Inspection Robot
Tuesday, 01 September 2009 07:16
What does the inside of a pipe look like after 30 years of service? Expertise in advanced robot systems allow scientists at SINTEF ICT to construct a new type of robot for inspection of complex pipe systems.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 May 2011 13:16
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SLICE - Snake Locomotion in Challenging Environments
Thursday, 27 January 2011 09:05
A four year project on snake robot locomotion in challenging environments started at NTNU Dept. of Engineering Cybernetics and SINTEF ICT Applied Cybernetics in January 2011. The project will target methods for snake robot obstacle-aided locomotion, which has been an active field of research for some time now at NTNU/SINTEF.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 May 2011 13:10
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