Design of a Highly Maneuverable Mobile Robot

Designing a robust, modular and fast mobile robot which can work in challenging environment is a difficult task. That includes design of mechanical parts and control system of the robot. This paper proposes a new design of mobile robot, which may potentially be used for military, rescue and industrial purpose. The limitation of height is the main constrained in robot design, but this can be overcome by using heavy hydraulic and pneumatic systems. We used spiral lift to change the height of mobile robot platform. Spiral lift is the latest technology to lift heavy loads in industries using low power and simple mechanism. At ideal condition, the compactness of the spiral lift enables us to keep the robot at its minimal size. By studying different mobile robots and mechanism, we will design and analyze robot using spiral lift in advanced CAD software - SolidWorks. We have used I-Lock 75 because of its inter-lock mechanism and compactness. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier B.V.