No.9（2014）14.Development of balloon robot

Shigenobu Shimada, Toshiki Masuda, Yusuke Morita, Yusuke Kobayashi, Ryuta Atohama, Akinori Sasaki, Takeshi Yokosawa, Hiroaki Arai, Yasuharu Irizuki

  A new service-robot combining a lightweight body and a joint driving function using the shape memory alloy-wire is proposed. The body of the robot is made of a balloon containing helium gas. We show a new service-robot that has the human safety function and can carry out the guidance-service.

Keywords
Service-robot, Balloon, Lightweight, Fail-safe, Guidance

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