The Centauro: A new disaster response robot to assist rescue workers to operate safely

The Centauro: A new disaster response robot to assist rescue workers to operate safely

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https://phys.org/news/2018-07-centauro-disaster-response-robot-workers.html

The Centauro project aims at the realization of a robotic platform for assisting rescue workers executing emergency response tasks in hostile environments. The Centauro robot is therefore designed to navigate in man-made environments, thanks to its hybrid mobility skills that combine legged articulated locomotion and wheeled mobility. Its body has dimensions compatible to those needed to operate within human infrastructures; it can pass through doors and narrow corridors, and navigate standard stairs.

The mobility, manipulation and whole body control skills of the robot have been recently validated in the manipulation of heavy objects and the breaking of wood pieces.