The issue of the use of robotics to help man in times of emergency people asked for a long time. The problem is that such robots need to be strong, dexterous and thus have a relatively high autonomy. One of these robots recently unveiled by Honda company. Their humanoid robot called E2-DR and shows great results.
Robot height is 168 cm and weight 85 kilograms. He is able to walk on two or four legs, crawl through pipes, debris, duck, knows how to open doors and even to squeeze through the narrow aisles. In addition, E2-DR is able to record your damage and avoid further damage. All of the elements of the robot and control system are connected among themselves not by the conventional electric wires, and fiber optic cables.
Battery the robot has a capacity of 1000 Watt-hours, charge which is enough for 90 minutes continuous operation. The “brain” of the robot is Intel Core-i7 processor and a specially modified graphics processor that handles the information coming from the cameras. The robot is equipped with laser range finders Hokuyo brand, a pair of cameras, SR4000, the monocular camera with a wide viewing angle and a system of infrared vision system with external lighting. Each of the manipulators of a robot equipped trigosamine sensors and additional cameras.
In addition, the design of the robot prevents the moving parts from dust and dirt, but a special cooling system prevents the robot to overheat during operation.
E2-DR: robot that can work in the most extreme conditions
Vladimir Kuznetsov