ACM-R5H
The ACM-R5H is a snake robot that can go where no human can go. It's designed to perform underwater inspections and search-and-rescue missions in hazardous environments.
- Creators
- Year
- 2010
- Country
- Japan 🇯🇵
- Categories
- Features
Did you know?
This snake robot can perform motions that even real snakes can't, such as continuously rolling over its entire body.
History
The first ACM-R5H prototype was completed in 2005 at Shigeo Hirose's lab at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. A product version was developed in 2010 by HiBot, a Tokyo Tech spin-off founded by Prof. Hirose, Michele Guarnieri, and Paulo Debenest. The new model was designed to be modular and easier to customize: It's easy to attach more segments to the snake's body to make it longer, or remove segments for a shorter robot. The latest version, which is commercially available, is fully waterproof and a skillful swimmer.
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Specs
- Overview
Amphibious design, resistant to dust and liquids, modular configuration.
- Status
Discontinued
- Year
2010
- Website
- Width
- 12 cm
- Height
- 12 cm
- Length
- 170 cm
- Weight
- 7 kg (9-segment snake)
- Speed
- 1.44 km/h
- Sensors
CCD cameras in the head and tail segments. Other sensors can be added.
- Actuators
2 DC servomotors on each segment.
- Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
- 18 (for 9-segment snake, 2 DoF for each segment)
- Materials
Aluminum, rubber, and plastic parts.
- Compute
HiBot Mini2Axes SH2 microcontroller (on each segment). Head segment with ARM Cortex M4 CPU with Wi-Fi.
- Software
Custom embedded system
- Power
Each segment has battery and recharger.
