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    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)

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    ICRA DROP Sep28

    Published on Nov 19, 2012

    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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