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Development of Narrow Space Navigation Robot Technology for Detection and Rescue

Funded by: MOTIE
Period: 2019 – 2021
Keywords: Field robotics, Search & rescue, Narrow space navigation

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Overview

This project developed a robotic system capable of navigating highly confined spaces inaccessible to humans — such as post-disaster rubble or industrial narrow passages — for the purpose of victim detection and rescue support.

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Key Contributions

• Defined navigation, perception, and mapping requirements for narrow confined environments
• Built experimental testbeds and defined performance metrics for evaluation
• Analyzed failure cases (localization drift, obstacle interaction, communication loss) and implemented targeted improvements

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System Design

Robot Platform

Locomotion Mechanism

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Navigation & Perception

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Experiments & Results

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Related Publications

• Junseong Bae, … Bongsub Song, et al., “Snake Robot with Driving Assistant Mechanism,” Applied Sciences, 2020.
• Junseong Bae, … Bongsub Song, et al., “Review of the Latest Research on Snake Robots and Its Applications in the Last Decade,” Int’l Journal of Control, Automation and Systems (Accepted).

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