Laboratory of Robotics and mechanics (in English: RoMeLa) the Faculty of Engineering from
Virginia Tech University, took the first prize of the International Capstone Design Fair
made last year, introducing a trio of robots designed to replace workers of construction
that is desmpenen in dangerous tasks, such as inspecting buildings athigh altitudes or
underwater ruins.
The team of robots consists of HyDRAS-Ascent, HyDRAS-Ascent II and CIRCA, working the first two based on an electric motor, and the latter thanks to a compressed air system. All operate autonomously and have form of snake as seen in the image.
Robot up a column – HyDRA image of Virginia Tech News
They are equipped with various devices internal sensors and cameras, to inspect structures and perform other tasks that are currently carried out by humans and represent a great risk to the physical integrity of the same.
According to the director of RoMeLa and responsible for the project, Dennis Hong, in 2006 died 1226 workers of construction in the workplace in the United States, a figure that increased by 3% with respect to 2005. Also, add that 809 of these deathswere due to falls from high places.
But by the time these robots operate connected to a laptop, Hong and his studentsare working to implement a microprocessor and a source of energy in each robot, for in that way dispense with wiring and increase the independence of them.
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