TY - GEN
T1 - Design of a Mechanical Spider for Vital Search in Earthquakes
AU - Hadad-Melchor, Habib
AU - Mendoza-Olaguez, Alan
AU - León-García, Omar
AU - Hernández-Miranda, Valentina
AU - Zapatero-Gutiérrez, Araceli
AU - Orozco-Magdaleno, Ernesto Christian
AU - García-Ávila, Josué
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.
PY - 2025/1/1
Y1 - 2025/1/1
N2 - Search and rescue robots (SARs) are invaluable tools that enhance the work of emergency teams. They improve the efficiency and safety of rescue operations during earthquakes and other emergencies. SARs are engineered to operate in hazardous and hard-to-reach environments, focusing on locating victims. This article proposes a SAR design inspired by the locomotion of spiders, utilizing a 6-bar mechanism with one degree of freedom (DOF) for effective searching in earthquake situations. The kinematics of this mechanism are presented and analyzed by using MATLAB; a CAD proposal and a movement animation are included. The physical prototype is currently being constructed, and the components are assembled. This robot concept specifically focuses on search tasks in earthquake-stricken areas of Mexico.
AB - Search and rescue robots (SARs) are invaluable tools that enhance the work of emergency teams. They improve the efficiency and safety of rescue operations during earthquakes and other emergencies. SARs are engineered to operate in hazardous and hard-to-reach environments, focusing on locating victims. This article proposes a SAR design inspired by the locomotion of spiders, utilizing a 6-bar mechanism with one degree of freedom (DOF) for effective searching in earthquake situations. The kinematics of this mechanism are presented and analyzed by using MATLAB; a CAD proposal and a movement animation are included. The physical prototype is currently being constructed, and the components are assembled. This robot concept specifically focuses on search tasks in earthquake-stricken areas of Mexico.
KW - bioinspired robot
KW - mechanical design
KW - SAR
KW - service robot
KW - six bar mechanism
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105011048320
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-96081-9_41
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-96081-9_41
M3 - Contribución a la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:105011048320
SN - 9783031960802
T3 - Mechanisms and Machine Science
SP - 407
EP - 413
BT - New Trends in Medical and Service Robotics, MESROB 2025
A2 - Laribi, Med Amine
A2 - Carbone, Giuseppe
A2 - Pisla, Doina
A2 - Zeghloul, Said
PB - Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
T2 - 9th International Workshop on New Trends in Medical and Service Robots, MESROB 2025
Y2 - 2 July 2025 through 4 July 2025
ER -