この発想はなかった！壁や天井も走行可能な万能走行可能なディズニー・リサーチ開発のドローン - VertiGo - A Wall-Climbing Robot Including Ground-Wall Transition
ドローンといえば空を飛ぶだけと考えると思いがちだけど、ディズニー・リサーチ研究開発したドローンは、地面や垂直な壁、天井を走行することができるように開発されています。ポイントは背面に付いている２基のプロペラ。このプロペラの風力により地面以外での走行を可能にしています。災害や工事などあらゆる場面で活用されそう。
VertiGo - A Wall-Climbing Robot Including Ground-Wall Transition
VertiGo is a wall-climbing robot that is capable of transitioning from the ground to the wall, created in collaboration between Disney Research Zurich and ETH. The robot has two tiltable propellers that provide thrust onto the wall, and four wheels. One pair of wheels is steerable, and each propeller has two degrees of freedom for adjusting the direction of thrust. By transitioning from the ground to a wall and back again, VertiGo extends the ability of robots to travel through urban and indoor environments.
The robot is able to move on a wall quickly and with agility. The use of propellers to provide thrust onto the wall ensures that the robot is able to traverse over indentations such as masonry. The choice of two propellers rather than one enables a floor-to-wall transition - thrust is applied both towards the wall using the rear propeller, and in an upward direction using the front propeller, resulting in a flip onto the wall.
Link to Disney Research Website: https://www.disneyresearch.com/publication/vertigo/
Twitter: @DisneyResearch
(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23X5-L5qlyM)
ちなみに、さまざまなタイプのドローンを開発し発売しているフランスのパロット社にも似たような製品がありますよ。
VertiGo - A Wall-Climbing Robot Including Ground-Wall Transition
VertiGo is a wall-climbing robot that is capable of transitioning from the ground to the wall, created in collaboration between Disney Research Zurich and ETH. The robot has two tiltable propellers that provide thrust onto the wall, and four wheels. One pair of wheels is steerable, and each propeller has two degrees of freedom for adjusting the direction of thrust. By transitioning from the ground to a wall and back again, VertiGo extends the ability of robots to travel through urban and indoor environments.
The robot is able to move on a wall quickly and with agility. The use of propellers to provide thrust onto the wall ensures that the robot is able to traverse over indentations such as masonry. The choice of two propellers rather than one enables a floor-to-wall transition - thrust is applied both towards the wall using the rear propeller, and in an upward direction using the front propeller, resulting in a flip onto the wall.
Link to Disney Research Website: https://www.disneyresearch.com/publication/vertigo/
Twitter: @DisneyResearch
(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23X5-L5qlyM)
ちなみに、さまざまなタイプのドローンを開発し発売しているフランスのパロット社にも似たような製品がありますよ。
