Disaster-preventing robot at petroleum production facilities

Abstract

The conceptual design and test results of the advanced robot for fire-fighting and disaster prevention are described. This robot helps disaster-fighting personnel to grasp disaster status, extinguish fires and prevent the disaster spreading in a high temperature and smoke environment at a petroleum production facility. Developed elemental technologies of the robot include (1) thermal protection technology, (2) gas pressure servo actuator and vibration repressing control for flexible manipulators, (3) locomotion mechanism, (4) medium-range laser visual sensor, (5) short-range ultrasonic visual sensor.<>