Development of DigBot for monitoring the underground environment

A digging robot named “DigBot” has been developed by our laboratory for monitoring the underground environment and exploring the lunar surface. The purpose of this research is to develop the robot which can dig soil and sand automatically. When we build the building or structure, ground research is...

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Main Authors: Hayashi, M., Miyachi, T., Kawamura, Youhei, Murakami, K., Kato, Y., Mochiyama, H.
Other Authors: Takahiro Yamanoi
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Kaoru Hirota 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45863
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author Hayashi, M.
Miyachi, T.
Kawamura, Youhei
Murakami, K.
Kato, Y.
Mochiyama, H.
author2 Takahiro Yamanoi
author_facet Takahiro Yamanoi
Hayashi, M.
Miyachi, T.
Kawamura, Youhei
Murakami, K.
Kato, Y.
Mochiyama, H.
author_sort Hayashi, M.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description A digging robot named “DigBot” has been developed by our laboratory for monitoring the underground environment and exploring the lunar surface. The purpose of this research is to develop the robot which can dig soil and sand automatically. When we build the building or structure, ground research is indispensable to know that if the ground can hold the building. In addition, conceivable application of DigBot is investigation of geological condition and ground pollution after disaster. Standard penetration test and Swedish weight sounding test are known as the general way of ground research and are frequently used. But these methods have faults. For example, high costs or large scale. In this proceeding, first, concept of DigBot is shown. As a basic research of developing DigBot, Contra-rotating drill is developed and made for trial purpose. And then digging experiment is carried out for verifying effectiveness through the Contra-rotating drill. It was proved that DigBot possess incomparably more power than ever before. This research suggest the way of solving faults by using the robot which can dig underground and research underground information.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-458632017-01-30T15:23:53Z Development of DigBot for monitoring the underground environment Hayashi, M. Miyachi, T. Kawamura, Youhei Murakami, K. Kato, Y. Mochiyama, H. Takahiro Yamanoi moon contra-rotating drill digging ground pollution underground A digging robot named “DigBot” has been developed by our laboratory for monitoring the underground environment and exploring the lunar surface. The purpose of this research is to develop the robot which can dig soil and sand automatically. When we build the building or structure, ground research is indispensable to know that if the ground can hold the building. In addition, conceivable application of DigBot is investigation of geological condition and ground pollution after disaster. Standard penetration test and Swedish weight sounding test are known as the general way of ground research and are frequently used. But these methods have faults. For example, high costs or large scale. In this proceeding, first, concept of DigBot is shown. As a basic research of developing DigBot, Contra-rotating drill is developed and made for trial purpose. And then digging experiment is carried out for verifying effectiveness through the Contra-rotating drill. It was proved that DigBot possess incomparably more power than ever before. This research suggest the way of solving faults by using the robot which can dig underground and research underground information. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45863 Kaoru Hirota restricted
spellingShingle moon
contra-rotating drill
digging
ground pollution
underground
Hayashi, M.
Miyachi, T.
Kawamura, Youhei
Murakami, K.
Kato, Y.
Mochiyama, H.
Development of DigBot for monitoring the underground environment
title Development of DigBot for monitoring the underground environment
title_full Development of DigBot for monitoring the underground environment
title_fullStr Development of DigBot for monitoring the underground environment
title_full_unstemmed Development of DigBot for monitoring the underground environment
title_short Development of DigBot for monitoring the underground environment
title_sort development of digbot for monitoring the underground environment
topic moon
contra-rotating drill
digging
ground pollution
underground
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45863