Mechanical designs and control system of throwable miniature reconnaissance robot

Miniature mobile robots are very suitable for initiative reconnaissance and surveillance important targets of sensitive areas. However, miniaturization of robots will inevitably lead to lack of the power of locomotion. Throwable miniature robots can very kind to solve the above-mentioned problem. However, the crucial problem resulted from the small volume of miniature robots is the difficulty of packing locomotion, sensing, computing and power subsystems into constrained space. Some mechanical designs and control system of throwable miniature reconnaissance robot for indoor reconnaissance tasks were presented in the paper. Several experiments showed that the robot was useful for covert surveillance in confined spaces and can carry out reconnaissance missions by its own or by teleoperation. Moreover, experiments also showed that these mechanical designs and the control system of throwable miniature reconnaissance robot are reliable and practical.