The ROVER : An Undergraduate Mechanical Project (Test Run)

The ROVER
Remotely Operated Vehicle for Extraction and Reconnaissance

The video demonstrates an angle of approach for the gripper. For another demo please click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPbfNkawLEs.
Please pardon the background voices.

This is a vehicle built to traverse rough terrain and retrieve & relocate hazardous objects. It is remotely operated at 433MHz and has a 3 jaw gripper system connected with a 3 linkage Arm assembly. With this design, the ROVER can grasp objects in a multitude of angles around it.

The ROVER has a maximum/minimum gripping radius of 80mm/10mm and reach to heights of 60 cm. It has 50 feet wireless transmission range. A wireless CCTV camera is also included for remote surveillance and control of the vehicle. The Vehicle uses differential drive mechanism in a Track/Belt driven system for its movement.

Although the 3 jaw system is best suited of completely round or near-round geometrical shapes, this gripper can also grasp square objects if approached from a correct angle. This will be demonstrated in the other videos.
This is an undergraduate project done by us at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology with limited local resources. It has many scopes of further development.

Category:

Science & Technology

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• mechanical
• undergraduate
• undergrad
• remote
• RC
• wireless
• BUET
• Jaw
• gripper
• project
• differential
• drive