Microdrone-Equipped Mobile Crawler Robot System, DIR-3, for High-Step Climbing and High-Place Inspection
Yuji OGUSU,Kohji TOMITA,Akiya KAMIMURA,Yuji OGUSU,Kohji TOMITA,Akiya KAMIMURA
Mobile robots of various types have been proposed for infrastructure inspection and disaster investigation. For such mobile robot applications, accessing the areas is of primary importance for missions. Therefore, various locomotive mechanisms have been studied. We introduce a novel mobile robot system, named DIR-3, combining a crawler robot and a microdrone. By rotating its arm back and forth, DI...


