Citation
(2013), "2012 winner", Industrial Robot, Vol. 40 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.2013.04940aaa.005
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2013, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2012 winner
Article Type: News From: Industrial Robot: An International Journal, Volume 40, Issue 1
The winning paper, “The durable reconnaissance and observation platform (DROP)”, described the design and performance of a two-wheel, two-motor prototype robotic platform that combines high mobility with low complexity. Utilizing microspine climbing technology, DROP has the ability to climb concrete surfaces up to 85° at a rate of 25 cm/s, make rapid horizontal to vertical transitions, carry an audio/visual reconnaissance payload, and survive impacts from 3 m.
The judges chose this as the winning paper due to the elegant simplicity of its design and the careful analysis of biomimetic mechanisms to provide a flexible, robust and versatile mobile robot.
McKenzie and Parness received an engraved glass bowl, a certificate and an honorarium of £250, a year’s free subscription to the journals Industrial Robot, Assembly Automation and Sensor Review, and an offer of guaranteed publication in the upcoming CLAWAR special issue of the journal.
In addition to the innovation award, Industrial Robot Journal also gave awards to four highly commended papers. The authors of these also received a certificate and a year’s free subscription to the journals Industrial Robot, Assembly Automation and Sensor Review, and an offer of guaranteed publication in the upcoming CLAWAR special issue of the journal.
The highly commended papers were:
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“Precise self-localization of a walking robot on rough terrain using PTAM” Dominik Belter and Piotr Skrzypczynski (Figure 3), Poznan University of Technology, Poland.
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“Systematic, bottom-up robot design using a biomechanical experimental methodology” Jorgen Larsen, Kasper Stoy and David Brandt from the University of Southern Denmark and Sten Grimmer and Martin GroB from the Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany.
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“Taking advantage of the joint synergy for the actuation in a lower-limb active orthosis” D. Sanz-Merodio, M. Cestari, J.C. Arevalo and E. Garcia, Center for Automation and Robotics, University of Madrid, Spain.
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“Snake-like, tracked, mobile robot with active flippers for urban search and tasks” Marc Neumann, Thomas Predki, Leif Heckes, Patrick Labenda, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.
