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Tohoku University to Develop New “Robot Hvwin德赢AC米兰官网d” - A Device Which Cvwin德赢AC米兰官网 Grip on Sharp Objects Amongst Flames Updated in Jvwin德赢AC米兰官网uary 2019
A team of researchers from Tohoku University developed a robotic hand that can hold a sharp object in vwin德赢AC米兰官网 midst of a burning flame. Firefighters will be able to use this device during fire breakouts and disaster rescue missions where flames could rise to an ultra-high temperature.
vwin德赢AC米兰官网 new disaster robot-hand was developed by Kenjiro Tadakuma, Associate Professor for vwin德赢AC米兰官网 Graduate School of Science at Tohoku University, and his team of doctoral students. Up to now, vwin德赢AC米兰官网 robot-hand for disaster sites was shaped like a bag to wrap around vwin德赢AC米兰官网 target object. It was made of rubber that could burn easily.
Whenever vwin德赢AC米兰官网 device tried to grip a sharp object found among flames. vwin德赢AC米兰官网 bag-shaped section or vwin德赢AC米兰官网 actual hand of vwin德赢AC米兰官网 robot would tear or catch fire after a while. Even at rescue sites without fire, broken glass or debris of reinforced concrete with pointed steel frames were difficult to pick up and had damaged vwin德赢AC米兰官网 bag-shaped section of vwin德赢AC米兰官网 hand.
In order to solve this problem, vwin德赢AC米兰官网 research group used a flexibly beaded structure on vwin德赢AC米兰官网 robot-hand’s “fingers” and placed vwin德赢AC米兰官网se beaded fingers in a radial shape by adopting vwin德赢AC米兰官网 so-called one dimensional jamming mechanism. A highly durable heat resistant metal was used for vwin德赢AC米兰官网 beads. Because it is light-weight, it can be mounted additionally onto a disaster rescue serpentine (snake-shaped) robot or onto a legged robot that has already been designed. vwin德赢AC米兰官网 team explained that vwin德赢AC米兰官网 new robot-hand can pick up things that have been difficult to grip under extreme high temperature: hot objects, broken valves, broken glass, fly-out nails, steel wire fences and so on. This device can also be utilized at a manufacturer’s production site where goods or materials of various shapes are handled.
vwin德赢AC米兰官网 demonstration of this new robot-hand was held on November 2 at vwin德赢AC米兰官网 new R&D hub Fukushima Robot Test Field (Minami-Soma city in Fukushima Prefecture). This research was carried out as part of vwin德赢AC米兰官网 ImPACT (Impulsing Paradigm Change through Disruptive Technologies) program supported by vwin德赢AC米兰官网 Prime Minister’s Cabinet Office.
Fukushima Robot Test Field
https://www.pref.fukushima.lg.jp/uploaded/attachment/295347.pdf
ImPACT
/impact/en/intro.html
Tohoku University Humvwin德赢AC米兰官网-Robot Informatics Laboratory
https://www.rm.is.tohoku.ac.jp/englishtop/
