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iRobot 500 PackBot with Mapping Kit
research - Semi-Autonomous Operations iRobot 500 PackBot with Mapping Kit
- The Need:
- To increase situational awareness with structure mapping:
- Build and analyze blueprints of buildings, bunkers and other structures before sending in personnel.
- Find hidden hazards.
- Deploy and move personnel with more efficiency and less risk.
- See, hear and assess obstacle-ridden and cluttered indoor environments, using onboard sensors to detect and avoid collisions.
- Evaluate danger zones and inaccessible areas, including urban settings, with real-time video, audio and sensor readings.
- The
Project: - The iRobot® 500 PackBot® with Mapping Kit is a semi-autonomous robot with real-time mapping and safe-guarded teleoperation capabilities.
The robot will autonomously build a two-dimensional map, providing the operator with the structure and layout of the environment in real-time.
The robot will autonomously detect obstacles and change courses to avoid collisions, enabling faster, safer and more efficient teleoperation.
(Available to R&D labs in government, industry and academia, the robot is a TRL 5 product.)
- The
Goals: -
- See detailed building maps before entering structures.
- Increase the pace of reconnaissance and other operations in cluttered and tight spaces.
- Get enhanced situational awareness.
The iRobot® 500 PackBot® with Mapping Kit is a semi-autonomous robot that builds a two-dimensional map, providing the operator with the structure and layout of the environment in real-time. (Available to R&D labs in government, industry and academia, the robot is a TRL 5 product.)
