Design and Development of Throwable Unmanned Ground Vehicle

Abstract

Miniature throwable robots have been popular in the society as they have been true to their purpose of surveillance and reconnaissance in urban warfare, anti-terrorism operations, rescue missions and other situations where it is not possible or safe for a person to be. The Corona virus global pandemic has enlightened the importance of ground based unmanned vehicles. Advantages of such robots include their light weight, low cost, small size and convenience to deploy. This has opened up various grounds for research in the Unmanned Ground Vehicle market as there is a huge demand for it currently. The main objective of this FYP was to design and develop a throwable Unmanned Ground Vehicle reconnaissancerobot. The structure of the throwable robot consisted of a shell made of strong light weight material that could support the surveillance equipment along with the control circuitry as well as the motors that were installed. A major focus was on increasing the functionality of the robot while keeping it easyto manufacture. The material selection was done by using Solid works drop impact tool on various material models. Furthermore, the tires of the robot were designed based on analysis of various geometries and materials. Our final goal was to make a throwable robot that can survive a fall on ceramic tile flooring from a height of 10 meters.