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Performance Evaluation of Search Robot Prototypes for Special Disaster Areas

특수재난지역 정찰로봇 시제품의 성능평가연구

  • Received : 2015.06.24
  • Accepted : 2015.11.24
  • Published : 2015.12.31

Abstract

Recently, three kinds of search robot prototypes were developed to assume the role of fire fighters for search and rescue missions in special disaster areas with high heat, smoke, toxic gases, or radioactivity. To accomplish search missions, these robots should be able to endure heat, overcome various obstacles, suppress fires, and see through dense smoke. This study investigated the heat resistance, practicality, and fire fighting capacity of these robots. The results show that the small and middle-sized robots were resistant to surrounding temperatures of $100{\sim}200^{\circ}C$, and the fire-fighter-riding robot could endure up to $500^{\circ}C$ for half an hour. The fire-fighter-riding robot showed excellent extinguishing performance on an A-10 class fire model, which was extinguished within 3 min. The robots also showed various capacities for overcoming obstacles and are expected to play an active role in various special disaster areas.

고열과 다량의 연기, 유독가스, 방사능 등을 수반하는 사고 현장에서 소방관을 대신하여 시야확보가 가능하고 화염으로 인한 고열을 극복하며 탐색 및 구조활동을 수행할 수 있는 3종의 특수한 정찰로봇이 최근 개발되었다. 이러한 로봇은 내열성능과 다양한 장애물 극복성능이 있어야 하고 화재진압성능과 탐색성능도 갖추어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 특수재난지역 정찰로봇의 다양한 성능시험을 통해 실용성을 검증하고자 하였다. 시험결과 소형 및 중형 로봇은 $100{\sim}200^{\circ}C$의 주위환경에서, 소방관탑승형 로봇은 $500^{\circ}C$의 환경에서도 30분 이상 활동이 가능한 것으로 나타났고, 특히 소방관 탑승형 로봇은 A 10 단위 화재모형을 3분 이내에 소화하여 화재진압성능도 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 또한 3종 로봇 모두 다양한 장애물 극복성능과 현장운용성능이 양호한 것으로 확인되어 특수재난현장에서의 활약이 기대된다.

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