Development of   Bottom-Reliant    Type   Underwater Robots

Toshihisa Naruse

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JRM Vol.26 No.3 pp. 279-286

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2014.p0279

(2014)

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Development of Bottom-Reliant Type Underwater Robots

Toshihisa Naruse

Shonan PV Techno., 49-7 Nakazato, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 254-0054, Japan

Received:

March 11, 2014

Accepted:

March 31, 2014

Published:

June 20, 2014

Keywords:

bottom-reliant, underwater robot, 2-crawler traveling mechanism, 8-legged walking robot, 4-crawler traveling mechanism

Abstract

Underwater bulldozer

During the 1960s and 1970s, Japan entered rapidly into ocean development in such areas as ocean surveys, ocean civil engineering, and the development of ocean resources. And then equipment developments and technological advances encouraged by the public and private sectors accompanied Japan’s development efforts. Various underwater robots were developed and put to practical use. There are various type underwater robots such as free-swimming type, bottomreliant type and towed type. Aiming at robotization in seashore, undersea, and seabed construction works, we have developed various underwater robots with focusing on the bottom-reliant type. As a result, (1) an amphibious bulldozers and an underwater bulldozers as 2-crawler robots same as land construction machines, (2) an underwater rubble leveling robot and a “ReCus” (Remote-Controlled Underwater Surveyer) as an 8-legged walking robot, and (3) a 4-crawler underwater trencher has been developed.

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T. Naruse, “Development of Bottom-Reliant Type Underwater Robots,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.26 No.3, pp. 279-286, 2014.

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References

[1] T. Ozaki, “Construction Method by Amphibious Bulldozer,” The J. of Civil Engineers, Vol.27, No.2, pp. 141-147, 1986.
[2] T. Naruse and S. Sawano, “Seabed Travelling Robot,” Work Vessel, No.175, pp. 18-25, 1988.
[3] T. Naruse and S. Sawano, “8-Legged Underwater Walking Robot,” J. of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol.5, No.6, pp. 575-578, 1993.
[4] T. Naruse and S. Harada, “Underwater Trencher,” Mechanization of Construction, No.586, pp. 43-49, 1998.

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[1] [1] T. Ozaki, “Construction Method by Amphibious Bulldozer,” The J. of Civil Engineers, Vol.27, No.2, pp. 141-147, 1986.

[2] [2] T. Naruse and S. Sawano, “Seabed Travelling Robot,” Work Vessel, No.175, pp. 18-25, 1988.

[3] [3] T. Naruse and S. Sawano, “8-Legged Underwater Walking Robot,” J. of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol.5, No.6, pp. 575-578, 1993.

[4] [4] T. Naruse and S. Harada, “Underwater Trencher,” Mechanization of Construction, No.586, pp. 43-49, 1998.