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Research and development of a rescue robot end-effector
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
2014
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| author | Rieger, Michael |
| author2 | Marais, Stephen |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/5479 Research and development of a rescue robot end-effector Rieger, Michael Marais, Stephen Mechanical Engineering Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references. This report details the research, design, development and testing of an end-effector system for use on an Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) robot which is in development in the Robotics and Agents Research Laboratory (RARL) at the University of Cape Town (UCT). This is the 5th generation Mobile Robot Platform (MRP) that UCT has developed ... codenamed ‘Ratel’. USAR robots used to be mainly of the observation type, but new robots (including UCT’s Ratel MRP) are being developed to deal with inherently dynamic, complex and unpredictable disaster response situations, particularly related to object manipulation and gripping. In order to actively interact with the environment, a flexible and robust gripping system is vital. [an] end-effector solution ... was developed for the Ratel manipulator arm to fulfil these functions. 2014-07-31T11:18:54Z 2014-07-31T11:18:54Z 2013 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5479 eng application/pdf Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering Rieger, Michael Research and development of a rescue robot end-effector |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Research and development of a rescue robot end-effector |
| title_full | Research and development of a rescue robot end-effector |
| title_fullStr | Research and development of a rescue robot end-effector |
| title_full_unstemmed | Research and development of a rescue robot end-effector |
| title_short | Research and development of a rescue robot end-effector |
| title_sort | research and development of a rescue robot end effector |
| topic | Mechanical Engineering |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5479 |
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