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    Development of DigBot for monitoring the underground environment

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    Authors
    Hayashi, M.
    Miyachi, T.
    Kawamura, Youhei
    Murakami, K.
    Kato, Y.
    Mochiyama, H.
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Conference Paper
    
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    Hayashi, Masahiro, Miyachi, Toshiyuki, and Kawamura, Youhei and Murakami, Kazutoshi and Kato, Yuichi and Mochiyama, Hiroshi. 2012. Development of DigBot for monitoring the underground environment, in Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Industrial Applications (ISCIIA2012), Aug 20-23 2012. Sapporo, Japan: Hokkai-Gakuen University.
    Source Title
    Proceedings of Fifth International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Industrial Applications
    Source Conference
    Fifth International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Industrial Applications
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45863
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    A digging robot named “DigBot” has been developed by our laboratory for monitoring the underground environment and exploring the lunar surface. The purpose of this research is to develop the robot which can dig soil and sand automatically. When we build the building or structure, ground research is indispensable to know that if the ground can hold the building. In addition, conceivable application of DigBot is investigation of geological condition and ground pollution after disaster. Standard penetration test and Swedish weight sounding test are known as the general way of ground research and are frequently used. But these methods have faults. For example, high costs or large scale. In this proceeding, first, concept of DigBot is shown. As a basic research of developing DigBot, Contra-rotating drill is developed and made for trial purpose. And then digging experiment is carried out for verifying effectiveness through the Contra-rotating drill. It was proved that DigBot possess incomparably more power than ever before. This research suggest the way of solving faults by using the robot which can dig underground and research underground information.

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