Robotic Surveillance Spider

There are many places where we need to search but the environment is too dangerous or inaccessible to people for it to be worth having a person enter it. Surveillance and search and rescue robotics have been designed in order to rectify this issue. These robots however, are primarily based on two general designs. A vehicle consisting of wheels that is able to drive around on relatively level terrain and a plain/helicopter design that is able to view locations using an aerial view. With these two types of robots there still remains many locations where searching remains very challenging. This includes locations such as collapsed buildings, forests and swamps. The purpose of this Research project is to create a robot with the capability to traverse challenging terrains such as these. This robot will have the capability to travel through water, forest and even vertical terrain while retaining the dexterity to slip through small spaces that could be found in collapsed structures. This design will show the possibility of maneuvering around harsh terrains without the need of an extremely expensive machine and still be able to collect information and save lives