The OmniTread OT-4 Serpentine Robot

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#Johann Borenstein #Adam Borrell #Search and Rescue Robots #Mechanism Design #serpentine robot #multisegmented #mine rescue #surveillance #inspection #University of Michigan #OmniTread OT4 #difficult terrain

This video showcases a serpentine robot, the OmniTread OT-4, which is a slender, multi-segmented vehicle designed to provide greater mobility than conventional wheeled or tracked robots. Developed at the University of Michigan, the OT-4 can climb over obstacles that are much higher than the robot itself, propel itself inside pipes, and traverse difficult terrain such as rocks or the rubble of a collapsed structure.

May 19, 2008