The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec)
Online ISSN : 2424-3124
2018
Session ID : 1P1-C07
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Development of “Hiryu-I”: Super Long Reach Articulated Manipulator with Gravity Compensation by Thrusters
*Gen ENDOYoshihide NAKAMURATetsuo HAGIWARAHiroyuki NABAEKoichi SUZUMORI
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A long reach manipulator is required to investigate infrastructures and disaster sight. This paper proposes a new super long reach articulated manipulator whose gravitational forces are cancelled by multiple thrusters. The proposed manipulator has possibility to permit us to construct 20-30 meters long. To prove basic principle of weight compensation by thrusters, we developed 3 units prototype whose length was 3.0 meters. We successfully demonstrated 3-dimensional movement using thrusters and joint actuators.

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