Pneumatic actuation of a firefighting robot: A theoretical foundation and an empirical study

In recent times, the need for a self-powered, autonomous firefighting robot, which can cope in fire hot spots, is strongly required in fire emergencies. The obtainable firefighting robots lack efficient performance in such conditions due to less reliability of their electric-powered actuators i...

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Main Authors: Ajala, Mosud Taiwo, Khan, Md. Raisuddin, Salami, Momoh J. E, Shafie, Amir Akramin, Oladokun, Majeed Olaide, Iskandar Nor,, Mohamad
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author Ajala, Mosud Taiwo
Khan, Md. Raisuddin
Salami, Momoh J. E
Shafie, Amir Akramin
Oladokun, Majeed Olaide
Iskandar Nor,, Mohamad
author_facet Ajala, Mosud Taiwo
Khan, Md. Raisuddin
Salami, Momoh J. E
Shafie, Amir Akramin
Oladokun, Majeed Olaide
Iskandar Nor,, Mohamad
author_sort Ajala, Mosud Taiwo
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description In recent times, the need for a self-powered, autonomous firefighting robot, which can cope in fire hot spots, is strongly required in fire emergencies. The obtainable firefighting robots lack efficient performance in such conditions due to less reliability of their electric-powered actuators in the high-temperature environment under fire emergency. Our previous study suggests a gas actuated propulsion system (GAPS) as an alternative to the identified limitations of the existing electric actuated propulsion system. The GAPS drives a carbon dioxide propelled autonomous firefighting robot (CAFFR), which uses dry ice as its power source. However, there still exists a lack of detailed understanding of the working principle of the proposed GAPS. Thus, this study provides a theoretical framework for the novel CAFFR. Upon establishing the working theory and the concept of the CAFFR, the research carried out an empirical analysis of the key influencing design parameters for the CAFFR pneumatic actuation. The study presents a mathematical model of the effects of the design parameters and after that, discusses its implications.
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spelling iium-796192020-07-13T06:56:30Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/79619/ Pneumatic actuation of a firefighting robot: A theoretical foundation and an empirical study Ajala, Mosud Taiwo Khan, Md. Raisuddin Salami, Momoh J. E Shafie, Amir Akramin Oladokun, Majeed Olaide Iskandar Nor,, Mohamad T Technology (General) In recent times, the need for a self-powered, autonomous firefighting robot, which can cope in fire hot spots, is strongly required in fire emergencies. The obtainable firefighting robots lack efficient performance in such conditions due to less reliability of their electric-powered actuators in the high-temperature environment under fire emergency. Our previous study suggests a gas actuated propulsion system (GAPS) as an alternative to the identified limitations of the existing electric actuated propulsion system. The GAPS drives a carbon dioxide propelled autonomous firefighting robot (CAFFR), which uses dry ice as its power source. However, there still exists a lack of detailed understanding of the working principle of the proposed GAPS. Thus, this study provides a theoretical framework for the novel CAFFR. Upon establishing the working theory and the concept of the CAFFR, the research carried out an empirical analysis of the key influencing design parameters for the CAFFR pneumatic actuation. The study presents a mathematical model of the effects of the design parameters and after that, discusses its implications. IEEE 2020-01-09 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/79619/1/79619Pneumatic%20actuation%20of%20a%20firefighting%20robot.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/79619/3/79619Pneumatic%20actuation%20of%20a%20firefighting%20robot%20SCOPUS.pdf Ajala, Mosud Taiwo and Khan, Md. Raisuddin and Salami, Momoh J. E and Shafie, Amir Akramin and Oladokun, Majeed Olaide and Iskandar Nor,, Mohamad (2020) Pneumatic actuation of a firefighting robot: A theoretical foundation and an empirical study. In: 7th International Conference on Mechatronics Engineering (ICOM) 2019, 30 - 31 Oct 2019, Putrajaya. 10.1109/ICOM47790.2019.8952050
spellingShingle T Technology (General)
Ajala, Mosud Taiwo
Khan, Md. Raisuddin
Salami, Momoh J. E
Shafie, Amir Akramin
Oladokun, Majeed Olaide
Iskandar Nor,, Mohamad
Pneumatic actuation of a firefighting robot: A theoretical foundation and an empirical study
title Pneumatic actuation of a firefighting robot: A theoretical foundation and an empirical study
title_full Pneumatic actuation of a firefighting robot: A theoretical foundation and an empirical study
title_fullStr Pneumatic actuation of a firefighting robot: A theoretical foundation and an empirical study
title_full_unstemmed Pneumatic actuation of a firefighting robot: A theoretical foundation and an empirical study
title_short Pneumatic actuation of a firefighting robot: A theoretical foundation and an empirical study
title_sort pneumatic actuation of a firefighting robot: a theoretical foundation and an empirical study
topic T Technology (General)
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/79619/1/79619Pneumatic%20actuation%20of%20a%20firefighting%20robot.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/79619/3/79619Pneumatic%20actuation%20of%20a%20firefighting%20robot%20SCOPUS.pdf