Active Robots
The following robots are currently used by Team Hector.
Asterix 🔗
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Weight | 58 kg |
| Dimensions (L x W x H) | 72cm x 52cm x 69cm |
| Flipper DoF | 2 (Front and Back) |
| Manipulator DoF | 6 (+ Gripper) |
| LiDAR | VLP-16 (Rotating) |
| Cameras | 360° Camera, 4 RGB-D Cameras, 2 Thermal Cameras |
| Additional Sensors | IMU, GNSS, CO2 |
Asterix is a highly-mobile rescue robot platform developed in a student project. It is designed for autonomous exploration and mapping in challenging terrain. The robot combines good sensor coverage with high mobility and manipulation capabilities. The movable flippers can be used to climb obstacles and stairs. The compactly foldable 6-DOF arm with under-actuated gripper can perform manipulation tasks such as closing valves or opening doors.
Thanks to its versatile capabilities, Asterix is successfully deployed in the RoboCup Rescue competition and is used for research of autonomous assistance functions for urban search and rescue robots.
DRZ Telemax 🔗
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Weight | 97 kg |
| Dimensions (L x W x H) | 81cm x 40cm x 78cm |
| Flipper DoF | 4 |
| Manipulator DoF | 6 (+ Gripper) |
| LiDAR | VLP-16 (Rotating) |
| Cameras | 360° Camera, 2 RGB-D Cameras, Wide-Angle Camera |
| Additional Sensors | IMU, GNSS |
The Telemax Hybrid by Telerob is used for research of autonomous assistance functions for urban search and rescue robots as part of the German Center for Rescue Robotics. The base platform is equipped with rubber tracks and four flippers which can modify the track geometry in order to overcome obstacles.
In a compact configuration, the robot has the dimensions of 0.81 m x 0.40 m x 0.78 m and weighs 80 kg. Fully stretched out, the arm can reach more than 1.5 m and carry 7.5 kg. Standing on its flippers the robot can reach a height of 2.5 m. Thereby, enabling versatile manipulation capabilities.
The tracked platform carries a modular autonomy box developed by Team Hector equipped with a continuously rotating lidar to create 3D point clouds, an omnidirectional camera and a RGBD-camera.
The robot was successfully deployed during Enrich 2019, exploring a nuclear power plant, locating radiation sources and saving a missing worker. The combination of high mobility, various sensing capabilities and advanced algorithms enabled Team Hector to win the mapping award.
emergenCity Scout 🔗
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Weight | 80 kg |
| Dimensions (L x W x H) | 94cm x 70cm x 84cm |
| LiDAR | OS-0 (Fixed) |
| Cameras | Insta360 Pro 2 360° Camera, 3 RGB-D Cameras, Zoom Camera Thermal Camera |
| Additional Sensors | IMU, GNSS, Radar |
The emergenCITY Scout is used for the research of autonomous assistance functions for urban search and rescue robots as part of the emergenCITY research center. To enable fast exploration in urban environments, the base platform is equipped with rubber wheels.
On the medium-sized wheeled base, the emergenCITY Scout carries a modular autonomy box developed by Team Hector equipped with a fixed high-resolution lidar to create 3D point clouds, a high-resolution omnidirectional camera featuring six 4K sensors, two RGB-D cameras, and a sensor head with pan-tilt functionality featuring a thermal camera, a zoom camera and a radar sensor that is used for through-wall vital sign detection and monitoring.
The robot was successfully deployed during Enrich 2021, exploring a nuclear power plant and locating radiation sources. The combination of high mobility, various sensing capabilities, and advanced algorithms enabled Team Hector to win the 3D mapping and the radiation mapping award.
Idefix 🔗
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions (L x W x H) | 27cm x 28cm x 27cm |
| Locomotion | Wheels (Differential) |
| LiDAR | Hokuyo (Fixed) |
| Cameras | 360° Camera, RGB-D Camera |
Idefix was designed and built as a student project serving as “little brother” of Asterix. Although the lack of an arm renders it unable to do manipulation, due to its small size and high mobility, Idefix can help in perception tasks and mapping of narrow and confined environments.
The small four-wheeled robot is equipped with a 2D Lidar to create maps, a 360° camera and an RGB-D camera. To illuminate even the darkest environments, it features high-power LEDs.
Originally, the robot was planned to be used at World Robot Summit 2020 in confined spaces like pipes or ventilation ducts due to its very compact design. Further applications include the creation of 2D maps of its surroundings autonomously, detection of rust or foreign objects, and image streams provision from otherwise inaccessible areas.
Alumni
These robots were used by Team Hector in the past but have since retired.
