{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,2]],"date-time":"2025-08-02T17:56:44Z","timestamp":1754157404044,"version":"3.41.2"},"reference-count":14,"publisher":"Emerald","issue":"5","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2011,8,23]],"date-time":"2011-08-23T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1314057600000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/site-policies"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2011,8,23]]},"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Purpose<\/jats:title><jats:p>The paper aims to describe the design and manufacturing process of a tele\u2010operative urban search and rescue tracked robot and discuss the advantages of a proposed novel track arrangement and other additional mechanisms, which help the robot to gain high manoeuverability on rough terrains.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>Using a simplified static model, required torques are calculated and appropriate mechanisms and geometric dimensions are chosen. Next, stress distribution is analyzed in the parts, deploying both classic and numerical methods and to complete the procedure parts are fabricated and assembled together. The architecture of control system and the user interface is introduced. Finally, the robot is tested on a standard test arena and the results are compared with another similar search robot.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>A tele\u2010operated rescue robot with considerable capabilities is designed and manufactured. The novel track arrangement and new rear arm's mechanism are tested and compared with a robot in the same class and higher performance is achieved on the evaluation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>Although the implemented locomotion mechanism is the common tracked type, adding the center tracks and arrangement of arms are original ideas which help the robot to gain high manoeuverability. The proposed rear arm's linkage mechanism generates a limited rotational path and has an acceptable strength for a robot working in rescue missions.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/01439911111154045","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,8,13]],"date-time":"2011-08-13T07:03:54Z","timestamp":1313219034000},"page":"476-485","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Design and manufacturing of a tele\u2010operative rescue robot with a novel track arrangement"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"38","author":[{"given":"Nima","family":"Enayati","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Farid","family":"Najafi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"unstructured":"Bekker, M.G. (1969), Introduction to Terrain\u2010vehicle Systems, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbour, MI.","key":"key2022031520125968200_b6"},{"unstructured":"Cavallin, K. and Svensson, P. (2009), \u201cSemi\u2010autonomous, tele\u2010operated search and rescue robot\u201d, MS thesis, Department of Computing Science, Umea University, Umea.","key":"key2022031520125968200_b14"},{"unstructured":"Hirose, S. (1993), Biologically Inspired Robots (Snake\u2010like Locomotor and Manipulator), Oxford University Press, Oxford.","key":"key2022031520125968200_b3"},{"unstructured":"Kadous, M.W., Sheh, R. and Sammut, C. (2005), \u201cCaster: a robot for urban search and resuce\u201d, Technical Report, University of New South Wales, Sydney.","key":"key2022031520125968200_b9"},{"unstructured":"Kamegawa, T., Yamasaki, T. and Matsuno, F. (2005), \u201cEvaluation of snake\u2010like rescue robot \u2018KOHGA\u2019 for usability of remote control\u201d, Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics, Kobe, Japan, June.","key":"key2022031520125968200_b5"},{"doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Koyanagi, E., Ooba, Y., Yoshida, S. and Hayashibara, Y. (2004), \u201cToin Pelican\u201d, available at: http:\/\/robotarenas.nist.gov\/2004_competitions (accessed 20 November 2010)..","key":"key2022031520125968200_b7","DOI":"10.1299\/jsmermd.2004.63_3"},{"unstructured":"Liu, J., Wang, Y., Ma, S. and Li, B. (2005), \u201cAnalysis of stairs\u2010climbing ability for a tracked reconfigurable modular robot\u201d, Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics, Kobe, Japan, June, pp. 36\u201041.","key":"key2022031520125968200_b10"},{"doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Masayuki, A., Takayama, T. and Hirose, S. (2004), \u201cDevelopment of \u2018Souryu\u2010III\u2019: connected crawler vehicle for inspection inside narrow and winding spaces\u201d, Proceedings of the IEEE\/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2004), Sendai, Japan, Vol. 1, pp. 52\u20107.","key":"key2022031520125968200_b4","DOI":"10.1109\/IROS.2004.1389328"},{"unstructured":"Matthies, L., Xiong, Y., Hogg, R., Zhu, D., Rankin, A. and Kennedy, B. (2000), A Portable, Autonomous, Urban Reconnaissance Robot, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, pp. 91\u2010109.","key":"key2022031520125968200_b11"},{"unstructured":"Michaud, S., Schneider, A., Bertrand, R., Lamon, P., Siegwart, R., Winnendael, M.V. and Schiele, A. (2002), \u201cSOLERO: solar\u2010powered exploration Rover\u201d, Proceedings of the 7th ESA Workshop on Advanced Space Technologies for Robotics and Automation (ASTRA2002), Noordwijk, The Netherlands.","key":"key2022031520125968200_b2"},{"doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Moosavian, S.A., Kalantari, A., Semsarilar, H., Aboosaeedan, E. and Mihankhah, E. (2009), \u201cResQuake: a tele\u2010operative rescue robot\u201d, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, July.","key":"key2022031520125968200_b12","DOI":"10.1115\/1.3179117"},{"unstructured":"Sheh, R. (2006), \u201cThe building of redback \u2013 a low\u2010cost advanced mobility platform\u201d, available at: http:\/\/raybot.cse.unsw.edu.au\/aboutme\/sheh06redback.pdf (accessed 19 November 2010).","key":"key2022031520125968200_b8"},{"unstructured":"Shigley, J.E. and Mischke, C.R. (2003), Mechanical Engineering Design, 6th ed., McGraw\u2010Hill, New York, NY.","key":"key2022031520125968200_b13"},{"unstructured":"Shiroma, N., Chiu, Y., Kamegawa, T. and Matsuno, F. (2004), \u201cDevelopment of rescue robotic systems for both daily and emergency use\u201d, paper presented at the 1st IEEE Technical Exhibition Based Conference on Robotics and Automation (TExCRA2004), Tokyo.","key":"key2022031520125968200_b1"}],"container-title":["Industrial Robot: An International Journal"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/www.emeraldinsight.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1108\/01439911111154045","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/01439911111154045\/full\/xml","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/01439911111154045\/full\/html","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,24]],"date-time":"2025-07-24T23:50:49Z","timestamp":1753401049000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.emerald.com\/ir\/article\/38\/5\/476-485\/183215"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2011,8,23]]},"references-count":14,"journal-issue":{"issue":"5","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2011,8,23]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1108\/01439911111154045"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/01439911111154045","relation":{},"ISSN":["0143-991X"],"issn-type":[{"type":"print","value":"0143-991X"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2011,8,23]]}}}