DROP: the Durable Reconnaissance and Observation Platform

"DROP: the Durable Reconnaissance and Observation Platform"

Authors:

Aaron Parness (Robotic Platforms and Manipulators Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA)

Clifford McKenzie (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA)

https://youtu.be/OyalmPyDcis

ICRA DROP Sep28

Published on Nov 19, 2012

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This video introduces a small, new reconnaissance
robot that can climb concrete surfaces up to 85 at a rate of
25cm/s, make rapid horizontal to vertical transitions, carry
an audio/visual payload, and survive impacts from 3m. The
robot can travel over 45 cm/s on flat ground, and turn in
place. The Durable Reconnaissance and Observation Platform,
D.R.O.P., is manufactured using a combination of selective
laser sintering (SLS) and shape deposition manufacturing
(SDM) techniques. The enabling feature of DROP is the use
of microspines in a rotary configuration, increasing climbing
and walking speed over previous microspine-based robots by
more than 5x. The robot uses a 180mAh LiPo battery, Baby
Orangutan microprocessor, and two brushed DC motors.

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