Robug-III

Contact: weiss@informatik.uni-kl.de (former member)

The Research Group Autonomous Mobile Robots is participant in the Teleman Project #44. Teleman is a programme of research for the European Atomic Energy Community in the field of remote handling in hazardous or disordered nuclear environments. Within the 2nd call project 44, the articulated limb climbing robot Robug-III will be developed.

The topics that are mainly covered in Kaiserslautern are

• Graphical user-interface for the teleoperated robot
• Navigational package (Orientation and Position without preinstalled landmarks)
• Communication system for the distributed control system
• Umbilical studies for power and communication

Project-Partners:

Portsmouth Technology Consultants Ltd.
Research Group Autonomous Mobile Robots (University of Kaiserslautern)
Mobile Robotics Lab (University of Portsmouth, UK)
Nuclear Electric Plc.