Environmentally friendly bio-inspired turtle robot

Conference paper (2020)

Authors

Simona Domazetovska SS Cyril and Methodius University
Kristijan Ivanoski SS Cyril and Methodius University
Stefani Josifovska SS Cyril and Methodius University
Viktor Slavkovski SS Cyril and Methodius University
J. Jovanova Transport Engineering and Logistics - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
Research Group
Transport Engineering and Logistics (Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2020 Simona Domazetovska, Kristijan Ivanoski, Stefani Josifovska, Viktor Slavkovski, J. Jovanova
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/SMASIS2020-2341
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Published Date

2020

Language

English

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Faculty

Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

Department

Marine and Transport Technology

Research Group

Transport Engineering and Logistics

Abstract

Inspired by the movement of a turtle in nature, a low-budget turtle-like robot was designed and developed to operate on natural terrain. Applying affordable additive manufacturing (3D printing) leads into creating unique 3-D structure with potential of flexibility, multi-functionality and multi-movement. By implementing solar panels, the energy from the sun is used, which makes the robot self-sustainable. The robot is controlled remotely with an android application designed for the need of this work. The bio-inspired robot can play an interesting role in real-life applications, such as monitoring in hardly accessible terrain, video and data collection for environmental friendly application, animals’ observation and others. The main application of the robot is for animal observation in the zoo, so it will often need to move across not even landscape in order to allow surveillance of that area. By implementing smart materials, the movement of the turtle can be improved. This paper presents the design concepts and functionality, together with CAD model of the robot, the prototyping (hardware, control and application design) and the results from the measurements.

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