Objective THE ADDITIONAL PROPOSAL IS TO DESIGN AND BUILD A LIGHT WlEGHT MANIPULATOR WHICH CAN BE EASILY MOUNTED ON MOBILE ROBOTIC VEHICLES SUCH AS -TELEMAN 44- AN MANY HAZARDOUS ENVIROMENTS REQUIRE MACHINES WHICH CAN CLIMB AND CLAMBER OVER OBSTACLES, PARTTICULALRY IN SITUATIONS WHERE ACCIDENTS MAY HAVE BLOCKED NORMAL ROUTES OF INGRESS. ROBUG III IS A SCOPION LIKE MACHINE WITH A LOW AND ENCLOSED SEALED BODY HAVING EIGHT ARTICULATED LEGS AND A CENTRAL MAIPULATOR ARM. THE LEGS WILL EACH BE FITTED WITH GRIPPERS WHICH WILL ENABLE IT TO WALK ON CONVENTIONAL SURFACES OR CLIMB VERTICALLY IT WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO CLIMB STAIRS, NEGOTIATE LANDINGS AND PASS THROUGH DOORS. THE VEHICLE WILL PROVIDE A WORK PLATFORM FOR MANIPULATORS, INSTRUMENTS, VISION AND NAVIGATIONAL EQUIPMENT. THIS ADDITIONAL PROPOSAL IS TO DESIGN AND BUILD THE CENTRAL MANIPULATOR ARM. THE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM WILL HAVE A LIGHT SIX DEGREE -OF - FREEDOM ARM WHICH FOLDS INTO ITSELF. THE ARM WILL BE ABLE TO CARRY A STEREO PAIR OF CAMERAS THAT WILL USE THE ARM A PAN A TILT MOUNT. THE ARM WILL ALSO BE USED TO STRETCH FORWARD AND HELP THE FOOT PLACEMENT, TELE-OPERATION OR RECOVERY IN OVERTURNING. APPROPRIATE TOOLS WILL ATTACHABLE TO THE ARM TO ASSIST WITH OTHER MANIPULATING TASKS. Programme(s) IC-PECO/COPERNICUS - Scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and European non-member countries, 1992- Topic(s) 0503 - CEEC participation in NUCLEAR FISSION SAFETY programme (TELEMAN) Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Portsmouth Technology Consultants Ltd. EU contribution No data Address 15,The Tanneries - Brockhampton Lane PO9 1JB Portsmouth - Havant United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Technical University of Lodz Poland EU contribution No data Address 18,Stefanowskiego 90 246 Lódz See on map Total cost No data