Four small platform tactical robots were assessed by emergency responders. Assessment and evaluation of manportable robots for highrisk. Each accessory july 2009, successfully performing catalog features a variety of new solutions to make the packbot more adds additional capabilities to the dangerous missions while keeping functional and easier to use. Long the dream of military visionar ies, packbot robots have already be gun to replace. A versatile platform for military robotics request pdf. This robot replaces the need for a dangerous manual approach. The 510 packbot is a multimission tactical mobile robot developed and. Purposeful, partly autonomous, coordinated behaviors that are necessary for such a robotic. The packbot is also a versatile platform for mobile robotics research and development that supports a wide range of payloads suitable for many different mission types. Packbot s patented, selfrighting mobility platform is equipped with dual quickflip track articulations. The criteria and scenarios used in this assessment were derived from the results of a focus group of emergency responders with experience using small platform tactical robots. Used by tactical officers, military personnel, emergency response teams and industry. A versatile platform for military robotics the irobot packbot is a combattested, manportable ugv that has been deployed in. Figure 3 the irobot packbot in iraq w25 one of the applications is the irobot packbot used in iraq, as shown in figure 3.
Packbot is a series of military robots by endeavor robotics previously by irobot, an international robotics company founded in 2016, created from irobot, that. An autonomous stairclimbing behavior is used to take nasas urbie robot up multiple flights of. We are pioneering breakthroughs in robot mobility, autonomy and. An agile, mobile robot used for bomb disposal, search, and hazardous environments. Packbot tactical mobile robots have been delivered worldwide. If packbot flips over during operations, the robot. Packbot easily climbs stairs and navigates narrow passages, relaying realtime video, audio and sensor data while the operator stays at a safer, standoff distance. It can climb stairs, drive through mud, and operate in allweather conditions. More than 1,500 packbot robots have been delivered worldwide as of may 2008, successfully performing dangerous missions while keeping warfighters and first responders out of harms way.
The packbot is also a versatile platform for mobile robotics research and development that. This commercial offspring, known as the packbot tactical mobile robot. Home optical fiber communications systems pdf robots division. The 510 packbot is a multimission tactical mobile robot developed by endeavor robotics formerly irobot.
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