A new parent STAR robot is presented. The parent robot has a tail on which the child robot can climb. By collaborating together, the two robots can reach locations that neither can reach on its own. the parent robot can also supply the child robot with energy by recharging its batteries. The parent STAR can dispatch and recuperate the child STAR automatically (when aligned). The robots are fitted with sensors and controllers and have automatic capabilities but make no decisions on their own.
Designed at the Bio-inspired and Medical Robotics Lab at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
By D. Yacobi, L. Yehezkel, O. Inbar, and D. Zarrouk, "Design and modeling of a parent Big STAR robot platform that carries a child RSTAR", Applied Sciences MDPI 2020.