Design and implementation of a mini-size search robot

This paper focuses on the design and implementation of a mini-size search robot, which is novel and could be extremely valuable as a search platform to carry out such tasks as searching some narrow areas of city and chassis of vehicle for detection of hazardous or dangerous materials. The robot has a small and solid structure with tracks. A modular electronic system has been developed for the robot, and a friendly human-robot interface has been designed to provide an effective communication between the robot and its operator. In order to utilize the hardware of the robot, a modular, simple yet robust supervision system has been developed for the robot, and a real-time and reliable video transmission architecture has been built to facilitate the teleoperation of the robot. Experimental results both in the building and field show that the robot could achieve the design goal.