Abstract

This paper describes the suggestion of the green caterpillar type in-pipe mobile robot. The robot applies pneumatic actuator made of the rubber. The bellows actuator is an actuator expanding and contracting axially. We used it for a robot because power-weight ratio was good. To grasp characteristic of pneumatic actuator, we confirmed that analysis of characteristics of rubber was effective for design of the robot.

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